Scared to run this couple lines of coding

[backslashx00]

If I were to run this code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

int main() {
	std::fstream file;
	file.open("Note.txt", std::ios::out);

	if(file.is_open() == true) {
		for(;;)
			file<<"0123456789"<<std::endl;
	}
	file.close();

	return 0;
}

Would there be a possibility that this will take over my hard drive space since the for loop is endless?

[MiiNiPaa]

it probably would, but very slowly. You can stop your program way before it becomes an issue.

EDIT: 50 Mb in 8 seconds. Really slow.

[mausy131]

remove the for(; ;) statement and it won't run endless.

[backslashx00]

Oh ok well I understand the code entirely and I also know how controll it. I was just curious of the consequences.

[MiiNiPaa]

Remove std::endl at the file writing routine and it will eat space like 10 times faster (450 MB / 8 sec for me)

[backslashx00]

Lol thanks for the tip. MiiNiPaa

[Lynx876]

aha! I remember doing something similar to this at uni, on a friends account!

Created a few thousand folders, then moved all his work in the end folders, so he had to click to the end of each on to see if his work was there!

[mausy131]

Some people use it in a virus to make someone's computer slower and to give them less space on their HDD.

You can also use:

while(true){

// code here

}

might be a little faster??