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std::ios_base::ate sends you to the end of file, is that what you want?
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std::ios_base::ate sends you to the end of file, is that what you want?

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Try using std::ios_base::trunc instead.<br />
Example:<br />
queue.open(&quot;file.000&quot;, std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::trunc);<br />

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Try using std::ios_base::trunc instead.
Example:
queue.open("file.000", std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::trunc);


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Oops!!!<br />
Disregard my previous comment.<br />
I belive jkr is right. &nbsp;app is what you want.
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Oops!!!
Disregard my previous comment.
I belive jkr is right.  app is what you want.

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I want to open a file and seek to the end of it, but whenever the file is opened using the following code, it is truncated...<br />
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std::ofstream queue;<br />
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queue.open(&quot;file.000&quot;, std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::ate);<br />
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any suggestions?
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I want to open a file and seek to the end of it, but whenever the file is opened using the following code, it is truncated...

std::ofstream queue;

queue.open("file.000", std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::ate);

any suggestions?

ofstream question

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