Cannot open the file in binary mode

[Man4ish]

Hi ,
I am trying to open a file in binary to write. But I am getting the message
"could not open the file".

fstream outCredit( "credit.dat", ios::in | ios::out | ios::binary );
if ( !outCredit )
{
cerr << "File could not be opened." << endl;
exit( 1 );
}

i am running on gcc version 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu3).

What is the reason for this pblm.

Regards
Manish

[Man4ish]

@Man4ish
Sorry message is File could not be opened.Also I want to know if we convert file into binary then, will it take more time to read ?

[weaknessforcats]

credit.dat is obviously not in your PWD (present working directory).

Usually the PWD is the folder with your project files.

If it is elsewhere, then specify the complete path.

[Man4ish]

I am using Eclipse CDT and keeping program and input in the same folder(project), still there is an error. May i know is it possible for linux not to read the binary file?

[weaknessforcats]

linux can read a binary file. That's not your problem. The problem you reported is that the file cannot be found. Have you tried using a complete path? Also, have you set your PWD?

I know your code to open the file works because I compiled it using Visual Studio.NET 2008 and ran it in the debugger. Your file open fine when the file was in the same folder as the project files.

[Man4ish]

@weaknessforcats
Thanks, for helping me. I changed the path to full path, now it wi working fine.

Thanks
Manish