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    ganesh_IT
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    Hi developers, i try to write a file in binary format. But that file is not in binary format, i dont know what's wrong in my code

    #include #include using namespace std;

    int main()
    {
    fstream file("file path", ios_base::binary | ios_base::in);
    char buf[] = "BinaryFile";
    file.write(buf, sizeof(buf));
    file.close();
    }
    //My file is not in binary format whats wrong in my code explain me guys...

    Thanks in Advance

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    • G ganesh_IT

      Hi developers, i try to write a file in binary format. But that file is not in binary format, i dont know what's wrong in my code

      #include #include using namespace std;

      int main()
      {
      fstream file("file path", ios_base::binary | ios_base::in);
      char buf[] = "BinaryFile";
      file.write(buf, sizeof(buf));
      file.close();
      }
      //My file is not in binary format whats wrong in my code explain me guys...

      Thanks in Advance

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      CPallini
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      #2

      ganesh_IT wrote:

      fstream file("file path", ios_base::binary | ios_base::in);

      Shouldn't the above line be

      fstream file("file path", ios_base::binary | ios_base::out);

      ?

      ganesh_IT wrote:

      char buf[] = "BinaryFile"

      You're writing a bunch of ASCII characters to a binary file, i.e. you're creating, by definition, a ASCII text file. :)

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      • G ganesh_IT

        Hi developers, i try to write a file in binary format. But that file is not in binary format, i dont know what's wrong in my code

        #include #include using namespace std;

        int main()
        {
        fstream file("file path", ios_base::binary | ios_base::in);
        char buf[] = "BinaryFile";
        file.write(buf, sizeof(buf));
        file.close();
        }
        //My file is not in binary format whats wrong in my code explain me guys...

        Thanks in Advance

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        ThatsAlok
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        ganesh_IT wrote:

        using namespace std;int main(){ fstream file("file path", ios_base::binary | ios_base::in); char buf[] = "BinaryFile"; file.write(buf, sizeof(buf)); file.close();}

        if file exist, it will over right it.

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