Hello fellow developer(s),

My problem today is, I'm doing the following and its not working...

   // open up the log file.
   ofstream* pErrorOut = new ofstream;
   pErrorOut->open( (char*)sLogFile, pErrorOut->ios::out, SH_DENYWR );

I'm pretty sure my 2nd & 3rd parameters are wrong, but I can't find a
good example of how to do this.

(Using Borland 3.1)
In the Borland help, it says..
>>
Declaration
   void open(const char*, int, int = filebuf::openprot);

Remarks
   Opens a file for an ofstream.

   ios::out has been binarily included (ORed) into the mode (2nd parameter)
   by default to ensure the file is opened for writing.
<<

Help also talks about the second parameter and mentions all of these 'ios'
members.  I can't seem to find an example of this to save my life.

All I want to do, is open an output file, write a couple of lines to it, and
close the darn thing!
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Scott Fraley (cybersf@netcom.com) wrote:
: Hello fellow developer(s),

: My problem today is, I'm doing the following and its not working...

:    // open up the log file.
:    ofstream* pErrorOut = new ofstream;
:    pErrorOut->open( (char*)sLogFile, pErrorOut->ios::out, SH_DENYWR );

: I'm pretty sure my 2nd & 3rd parameters are wrong, but I can't find a
: good example of how to do this.

Try this:
pErrorOut->open(sLogFile, ios::out);
that's it, and that's that, well almost. But this'll let you open an
output file and write to "the darn thing" as you put it :)

Like this f.ex.
pErrorOut << "Is this really working?\n";

Now, do something useful :)
   - Thomas