File output name?

I'm trying to make a program that will output a .DVD file with some data in it with a name the user inputs. However, I can't figure out how to have the user input some data into a string and then use that when creating the file. Here's how I have my function setup:

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string filename;
    int layerbreak = 1913760;
   
    cout << "Please enter the name of the file: ";
    (cin >> filename).get();
   
    ofstream dvdfile("ASDF.DVD");
    if (dvdfile.is_open()){

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I have successfully made the .DVD file with the "ASDF" name, or whatever I put in the quotes... I just want to use the string stored in "filename" as the name of the .DVD file. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks a lot in advance.

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ofstream dvdfile(filename.c_str());

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In the current standard you can't pass an instance of the string class to an fstream constructor or open() function, you have to pass a C-style string.

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Originally Posted by jlou

Code:

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ofstream dvdfile(filename.c_str());

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In the current standard you can't pass an instance of the string class to an fstream constructor or open() function, you have to pass a C-style string.

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Ah, it works. I appreciate your help, I suppose I need to read up more on file input output. Thanks! :)

Yeah... it's just one of those weird quirks of the language. They've already decided to fix it in the next standard.

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Yeah... it's just one of those weird quirks of the language. They've already decided to fix it in the next standard.

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Good. I would think that should have been fixed a long time ago :D