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C++ compile errors with g++ compiler

I think maybe one of my .cpp files is not getting linked. Makefiles are new to me but I think this one is correct.

#Use the g++ compiler
CC = g++

# Compiler flags:
#   -Wall (most warnings enabled)
#   -g (for debugging with gdb)
CFLAGS = -Wall

# Executable name:
TARGET = book_collection

all: main.o book_collection.o book_database

$(TARGET): main.o book_collection.o
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) main.o book_collection.o -o $(TARGET)

main.o: main.cpp book_collection.h
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) main.cpp -c

dvd_collection.o: book_collection.cpp book_collection.h
	$(CC)  $(CFLAGS) book_collection.cpp -c

clean:
	rm *.o *~ $(TARGET)

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There is no .o file for the collection.cpp showing when I run an ls command. Here is the ls:

book_collection.cpp book.h main.o Makefile~
book_collection.h main.cpp Makefile user_collection.txt

Here is a small portion of the error messages I'm getting.

g++ -c -o book_collection.o book_collection.cpp
book_collection.cpp: In member function ‘void book_collection::read_from_file(std::string)’:
book_collection.cpp:173:22: error: no matching function for call to ‘getline(std::ifstream&, int&)’
book_collection.cpp:173:22: note: candidates are:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.7/cstdio:44:0,
from /usr/include/c++/4.7/fstream:43,
from book_collection.cpp:11:
/usr/include/stdio.h:675:20: note: __ssize_t getline(char**, size_t*, FILE*)
/usr/include/stdio.h:675:20: note: candidate expects 3 arguments, 2 provided
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.7/string:54:0,
from /usr/include/c++/4.7/bits/locale_classes.h:42,
from /usr/include/c++/4.7/bits/ios_base.h:43,
from /usr/include/c++/4.7/ios:43,
from /usr/include/c++/4.7/ostream:40,
from /usr/include/c++/4.7/iostream:40,
from book_collection.cpp:8:

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What is the code on line 173 of book_collection.cpp, and what is it trying to do?

jdubya103

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It reads file input. I had this code working pretty well with dvd data a few weeks ago. I tried to convert it to a book database today.

void book_collection::read_from_file(std::string file_name)
{
  ifstream fin;
  string item, btitle, bauth;  // book title, book author
  int bpage, bisbn, byear;  // book pages, book isbn#, book copyright year
  double bprice;  // book price
  
  //file_name = "user_collection.txt";
  fin.open(file_name.c_str());

    fin >> item; // to skip book num  -- the file contains book1 <space> at first of line
  getline (fin, btitle); 
  
  fin >> item; // to skip book num
  getline (fin, bauth);
  
  fin >> item; // to skip book num
  getline (fin, bpage);    ///////  Line173

  fin >> item; //
  getline (fin, bisbn);

  fin >> item; //
  getline (fin, bprice);

  fin >> item; //

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