Thread: Opening file in a sub-folder (fstream)

Im trying to open up a file to read in data. The code worked great when the file was in the same folder as the program. The problem is that I want the files to be in a sub-folder called "Data". ive tried adding in the folder name but it just returns a failure to open file message

Code:

fstream load;
 
 load.open("\\Data\\pword.pwd", ios::in); //open file
 if(load.fail())
	{
	 cout<<endl<<"File Open Failed!";
	}

the bit in Bold is the code ive added to try and make it look in the sub folder but it isnt happy!


Any ideas what ive done wrong?

"\\Data\\pword.pwd"
Is from the root of your current drive

"Data\\pword.pwd"
Is from your current working directory

Thanks Salem! It Works great.

Originally Posted by manofsteel972

You just need to put a dot before the path so the computer knows it is relative to your current dirctory make sure that Data directory has already been created as well.

Code:

load.open(".\\Data\\pword.pwd",ios::in);

Thanks! That method also worked