Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: manni AT hotbot DOT com (Manni Heumann)
Subject: Re: Problem with reading from file
References: <366E8AF8 DOT 66A4549B AT ostenberg DOT ping DOT de>
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Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 15:27:42 GMT
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In article <366E8AF8 DOT 66A4549B AT ostenberg DOT ping DOT de>, Klaus Petzold <Klaus AT ostenberg DOT ping DOT de> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am using gcc 2.7.2.1 and try to do
>the following:
>
>#include <iostream.h>
>#include <stdlib.h>
>#include <fstream.h>
>
>int main()
>{
>   ifstream Quelle;
>
>   Quelle.open("test.dat", ios::binary);
>   if (!Quelle)
>   {
>      cout << "File not found.";
>      exit(-1);
>   }
>
>   char ch;
>   while (Quelle.read((char *)&ch, sizeof(ch)))
>     cout << ch;
>}
>
>Test.dat exists and is 10 bytes large, but the program
>doesn't enter the while-loop. Any ideas why it doesn't work?
>
>Klaus
>
>
Yes!

Try
 Quelle.open("test.dat", ios::binary | ios::in);

instead of
 Quelle.open("test.dat", ios::binary);




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