File counter (to be run from t3h prompt)

[QWERTYman]

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if(argc == 0)
    {
        cout << "Expected argument. Terminating.\n";
        return 1;
    }
    ifstream ftbc(argv[0]);
    string thestr;
    int counted = 0;
    while( !ftbc.eof() )
    {
    getline(ftbc, thestr);
    counted++;
    }
    cout << counted << "lines in file\n";
}

When I run it, it just idles, doing nothing in particular. Any id-...er, what did I do wrong?

[seymore15074]

argv[0] would refer to the name of the executable, not the parameter. Try argv[1]. I have only used getline on text files; I'm not sure but that might be the problem.

[QWERTYman]

Yay! Worked! Thanks.