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Subject: Re: File bad() problem - bug in djgpp or is it me???
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:09:21 GMT
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:22:27 GMT,
kevin.dickerson[atnospam]@ntlworld.com (Kevin Dickerson) wrote:

>On 18 Jan 2002 02:53:35 GMT, "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu> wrote:
>
>>does it work is you replace bad() with is_open()?
>
>Tried that, and it still isn't playing ball, might try and d/l an
>earlier version of gcc and see if that works, then if it does put a
>fault in.

I know its bad to reply to your own post, however I found the solution
after a bit more searching.

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/faq/index.html#4_4

At the end of the day it looks like its not meant to do it, I can use
"if(open_file==NULL)" to find out if the file doesn't exist, but I
also had the problem of not being able to open a new file, but by
adding "open_file.clear();" after the "open_file.close();" is the
solution.

Thanks for your help and advice.