From: Ian Miller <itmiller AT dera DOT gov DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: problem with fstream it erases my input file !
Date: 12 Nov 1997 17:48:09 +0000
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Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De> writes:

> Marius wrote:
> [...]
> AFAIK this is a bug in libiostream. The workaround is to use
> open() to open the file in the desired mode and
> then feed the handle into the constructor. 
> 
> Unless anybody dares to fix the lib, this bug will persist.

I believe there is already a patch for this in DJ's bug
reporting system. DJ's home page is at

	http://www.delorie.com/

HTH
-- 
Ian Miller, Dorset, UK
DJGPP 2.01, Win95 DOS box (LFN undefined, FNCASE=y)
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