Saving input file to user defined output file

[Puritan2]

Every example I've seen involved file stream objects either hardcodes the filename or when writing to file, merely hardcodes the input.

What I'm trying to do is open a pre-existing text file, have the user type in a file name, and save the data from the opened text file into the user-defined output file.

I have one function that opens the text file and another that creates a new output file. I have a third which reads the contents. I can display it on screen but not save it into the new output file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Salem]

The bits you need are

char filename[100];
cin >> filename;  // read a filename from the user
istream ifs(filename);  // open user specified input file

May be better to use a proper string, and add some error checking for general use.

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