file reading and writing

[Joshcannon]

My files are not seeming to open properly. I need to open and read scores.txt, and then I need to open and write to stats.txt. I'm not seeing what Im doing wrong.

  ifstream fin ("stats.txt");
    ofstream fout ("scores.txt");
    
    fin.open("scores.txt");
    
    if (fin.fail())
    {
        cout << "Cannot open file to read ( scores.txt )" << endl;
        exit(1);
    }
    
    fout.open("stats.txt");
    
    if (fout.fail())
    {
        cout << "Cannot open file to read ( stats.txt )" << endl;
        exit(1);
    }

[MiiNiPaa]

I'm not seeing what Im doing wrong.

Trying to open already opened stream.

I need to open and read scores.txt

Why then do you have ifstream fin ("stats.txt");. Wouldnt it be more logical to have ifstream fin ("scores.txt"); and drop call to open()?

Same for output.

[Joshcannon]

I had it that way to begin with but the file won't open. I have it in the same folder as the .cpp file too.

[MiiNiPaa]

Does folder with cpp file is working folder of your program?
Does program have permissions to read from this folder?

[Joshcannon]

how do I figure that out?