Thread: File IO Error Question

Just a niggling question:

Code:

FILE* f = NULL; 
 
if ((f = fopen("C:\\test.dat", "w")) == NULL)
{
	std::cerr << "Error writing file" << std::endl;
	exit(1);
}
 
// write or whatever
 
fclose (f);

If an error occurs, will the file handle be closed?

If fopen fails, then nothing was opened. Therefore, there's nothing to close. If something else generates an error, it would have to depend on the error I suppose. Usually, no. If you get a read error because you're trying to read past the EOF, no, it doesn't just close the file automatically.


Quzah.