io with files

[y0XSE3v7]

Can anyone tell me where text files are saved when I create one in a console application, if I am wrong and I have to create the file where do I save the file for my application to be able to read from and write to it?

[keskiverto]

To current working directory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_directory

[jlb]

This depends on how you're running this program. Are you running this program from the command line, clicking an icon on the desktop, or through an IDE?

[y0XSE3v7]

Thanks guys I found it, turns out the text file hast to bee in the same directory of the executory file so I just created my text file there works fine but for some reason it only writes to file when I run the program from the exe file in that same directory it doesnt write anything when I run the application in codeblock editor.

[Chervil]

it doesnt write anything when I run the application in codeblock editor

Most likely it does still write to the output file, but the file itself is placed in a different location. i.e. it will be found in the current "working directory". Probably that will be the same as the location of the source .cpp files.

[keskiverto]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/143174/how-do-i-get-the-directory-that-a-program-is-running-from

the directory your program was started from. This is distinct from the directory that holds the current executable program file. It isn't necessarily the same directory; if someone runs the program from a command prompt, then the program is being run from the command prompt's current working directory even though the program file lives elsewhere.

As example, a Windows shortcut has "Start in" property; it can dictate cwd. Codeblock probably dictates too.

You know the name of the file, so you can search your entire computer for that filename with Windows Explorer.