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Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:29:06 +0200 (WET)
From: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
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To: Nithyanandham <m DOT nithyanandham AT blr DOT spcnl DOT co DOT in>
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Subject: Re: Reopening ifstream objects
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Nithyanandham wrote:

> 
> 
> Nithyanandham wrote:
> 
> > J wrote:
> >
> > > If the construction of an ifstream object fails in the sense that its boolean
> > > value has become false (e.g. because the supplied file doesn't exist), but
> > > later on its member function open is successfully called, should the boolean
> > > value of the object be true again? If it should, my compiler (DJGPP 3.02) has
> > > a bug.
> >
> > When you open the files using ifstream constructor , the failbit is not affected.
> >
> > You should check the failbit status with is_open() member function.
> 
> Typo. It should be
> You should check the whether it was succesful or failed with is_open() member
> function.
> 

Perhaps one should try something like (untested):
	
	char ch;
	ifstream foo ("file1");
	while ( foo.get(ch) ) ;
	foo.close ();
	foo.clear ();
	foo.open (....)

Andris