Re: [Dev-C++] file read / write issues in Win XP

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

Whenever you have these kind of problems, you might use getcwd() to find
out for yourself which directory your program tries to open the files
from.

/Per W

On Fri, 7 May 2004, davelaw wrote:

> I am a C++ newbie - and new to Dev-C++. I'm running through Bruce Eckel's
> TICPP2v1 exercises using a Win XP Home machine and Dev-C++ v4.9.8.7. I've set
> up a the Path to my default working directory, and I can run my compiled
> programs from the console without using the absolute path.  But my programs
> won't read or write a file in my default directory, unless I use the entire
> path. For example, I create a filetest.exe as follows, and the error msg
> appears each time. But substituting the entire pathname fixes the problem.
>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <fstream>
> #include <string>
> using namespace std;
>
> int main() {
>     ifstream in("filetest.cpp");
>     if (! in.is_open()) {
>         cout << "Error opening file"; exit(1); }
>     string s;
>     s = " opened successfully";
>     cout << in << s;
>     return 0;
> }
>
> Did I miss a crucial setup setting in Dev-C++? Or is this a Win XP issue?
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
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