Is anyone able to tell me whats wrong with this code, im a noob at this so any help is welcome. -=CODE=- #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main(); { ifstream myFile("server.txt"); if (! myFile) { cout << "Error opening input file" << endl; return -1; } while (! myFile.eof()) { myFile.get(ch); ofstream myfile("server.exe"); } if (! myfile) { cout << "Error opening output file" << endl; return -1; } myFile << ch << endl; myFile.close(); return 0; } -=CODE=- thanx in advance djas

I am not sure what you are trying to do but this code works: #include <iostream> #include <fstream> // required for ifstream and ofstream using namespace std; int main() { char ch; // input character ifstream myFile("server.txt"); if (myFile.fail()) // check ios::fail flag { cout << "Error opening input file" << endl; return -1; } ofstream myfile("server.exe"); if (myfile.fail()) // check ios::fail flag { cout << "Error opening output file" << endl; return -1; } // must at least read one character to test for // empty file if empty file then eof() will be // true and while loop will be bipassed myFile.get(ch); while (!myFile.eof()) { myfile << ch << endl; myFile.get(ch); } myFile.close(); myfile.close(); return 0; }

Sorry for not explaining at the begining, what i am trying to do is change a txt file into an exe file. I thought maybe I would have to read the text then output it. just changing the file extension will do if you know how to do that. thanx djas

Exelent that works great but one other thing. What is the code to rename a file in c++. thanx djas

Its ok i figured it out using the rename("oldname","newname"); function. djas