write file

[xzbit]

i tried to write a file..something like this

ofstream file;
file.open ("C:\\Windows\\sample.txt");
file << "blah";

it didnt created a file but i can read it using fstream

can you explain to me how that happened? does it consume space in my pc ??

thanks.

[Peter87]

If you can read from the file the file was probably created. What makes you think the file is not created?

[xzbit]

i tried to search it in search box..cant find the file

also i tried "c:\\sample.txt" cant find it in my c:\\

[Peter87]

Maybe you did a mistake in the code that reads the file.

[Peter87]

Did you actually look in the Windows folder? I'm not sure that the windows file search will search the system folders by default.

[modoran]

If this is windows 7 and you are not running as admin, operating system will silently move the file to some virtual location (not really sure what it is exactly).