std::freopen
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| Defined in header <cstdio>
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Reassigns an existing file stream stream to a different file identified by filename using specified mode. mode is used to determine the new file access mode.
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[edit] Parameters
| filename | - | file name to associate the file stream to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mode | - | null-terminated character string determining new file access mode
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| stream | - | the file stream to modify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Return value
stream on success, NULL on failure
[edit] Example
The following code redirects stdout to a file
Run this code
#include <cstdio> int main() { std::printf("stdout is printed to console"); std::freopen("redir.txt", "w", stdout); std::printf("stdout is redirected to a file"); std::fclose(stdout); }
Output:
stdout is printed to console
[edit] See also
| opens a file (function) | |
| closes a file (function) | |
| C documentation for freopen
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