File Based Streams

Copying a File

So you want to copy a file quickly and easily, and most important, completely portably. And since this is C++, you have an open ifstream (call it IN) and an open ofstream (call it OUT): @@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ The operators shown above are all defined in the parent basic_ostream class and are therefore available with all possible descendants. -

Binary Input and Output

The first and most important thing to remember about binary I/O is that opening a file with ios::binary is not, repeat not, the only thing you have to do. It is not a silver @@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ of formatting functions and classes to perform something which requires that formatting not be done? There are a seemingly infinite number of solutions, and a few are listed here: -

“Derive your own fstream-type classes and write your own +
- “Derive your own fstream-type classes and write your own <</>> operators to do binary I/O on whatever data types you're using.”
  @@ -147,4 +146,4 @@ between arbitrary programs, or across a network, or from one invocation of a program to another invocation of the same program on a different platform, etc. -

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