Very Simple Data file question...

I already have a list of stuff in my data.txt file.

How do I add stuff to that data.txt file without erasing what's already in it?

Thanks in advance

You open the file with the ios::app mode.

ofstream outfile("data.txt", ofstream::ate);

opens the file in append mode.

Here is what I have tried...

string newdata;

ofstream fout ("data.txt", ios:app);

fout << newdata;


When I do this though, it erases everything that was already in it.

I also tried the same only with ofstream::ate and it did the same thing. It erases everything and writes only newdata;

ios::app

Yes that was just a typo. I have tried ios::app

could you post your code? There may be something else causing this.