| re: remove() capability in fstream class/templates?
"Matt" <matt@downwithspammers-mengland.net> wrote...[color=blue]
> I would like to be able to delete (as in stdio.h remove()) fstream
> objects. Is there a means for me to do this in C++? I see no such
> capability in my references.
>
> remove() is not so bad, except for the fact that I need to keep track
> of a file's associated name in addition to it's fstream reference (I'm
> presuming that fstream can not give me the filename, don't see a
> reference to this either, please correct me if necessary) in order to
> remove()/delete the file.[/color]
There is no such functionality (neither in C nor in C++). If you need
to delete (remove) a file from your file system, you have to know what
name it has and then use 'remove' or whatever other means your platform
provides.
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