From: Mr WT Wong <wtwong AT fawlty9 DOT eng DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>
Subject: Bug in ostream
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP List)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 23:54:17 +1000 (EST)

Hi everyone,
	I've encountered a problem when I open an output stream in 
	append mode. The program simply crashes. Below is the listing of
	the program. It compiles but doesn't run.
	
#include <fstream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
   int mode = ios::out|ios::app;
   ofstream os("main2.out", ios::out|ios::app);
// ofstream os("main2.out", ios::out); // this works!
   if (!os)
   {
      cerr << "unable to open file\n";
      exit (-1);
   }
   os << "This is a test\n";
   os.close();
}

	I've tried this program out using gcc on a DecStation which is version
	2.5.6 and it works. Could this be a bug in the gpp library ?
	I've installed all the maintenance files and the libgpp.a file is
	dated 12/15/93.
	Thanks for any replies.
	
regards,
John
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