[Boost-users] Re: filesystem and existing files

From: Russell Hind (rhind_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-23 02:14:54

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> I'm probably missing something very basic, but you can open fstream using
> the filename. After all, CreateFile made sure that file did not exist
> before and created the new one for your use. Now, you can safely open it by
> name.
> 

No, I was missing something.  I hadn't thought of this.  I was only 
trying to do it in one go.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Russell