Programming in C++, 2nd Edition

692 Applications with Files

(7) The class ofstream creates output

stream objects, and the class ifstream

creates input stream objects.

(8) The close() member function closes

the file.

(9) The open() function uses the same

stream object. The open() function has

two arguments. The first is the file name,

and the second is the mode.

(10) When the end of the file is detected, the

process of reading data can be easily ter-

minated. The eof() function() is

used for this purpose. The eof() stands

for the end of the file. It is an instruction

given to the program by the operating

system that the end of the file is reached.

The eof() ...