Running program from debug folder doesn't read input from file while on compile with VS2010 in runs properly

Question

So i have a program which reads the input out of a specific .txt file. The code is:

void Image::get_image_dimensions(char *fname)
{
// determine the number of entries in image
ifstream fin(fname);
fin >> num_rows ;
fin >> num_columns ;
cout << "...reading from file " << fname << endl;
cout << "File has " << num_columns << " rows and "<<  num_columns << " columns" << endl;
fin.close();

}

the method is called inside the main. After I compile the program with VS2010 and run the code everything works properly. But after if I go to the Debug folder of my program and run my program from there it doesn't read the input anymore, and crashes...

What might be the problem?

ScottMcP-MVP · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-10 13:33:44Z

1

The current directory is different in the two cases. The best solution is to provide the full path to the file, not just the file name.

answered May 10, 2013 at 13:33

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