[RESOLVED] problem using vector for file directory

[josh26757]

so i posted some code a few days ago and agree it was hard to read.In response to that i was using vector stacks to group a lot of elements together one being directories to text files.
I am trying to learn data base like SQL but at the time needed to make this program.
note:I also would like to know how what you use to save data in a program and it stays when the program exits.

anyway the problem is I tried to save my directories in a vector like this:

vector<string> files;
       files.push_back("C:/bills/default.txt");
        files.push_back("C:/bills/jan.txt");
         files.push_back("C:/bills/feb.txt");
          files.push_back("C:/bills/mar.txt");
           files.push_back("C:/bills/april.txt");
            files.push_back("C:/bills/may.txt");
             files.push_back("C:/bills/june.txt");
              files.push_back("C:/bills/july.txt");
               files.push_back("C:/bills/aug.txt");
                files.push_back("C:/bills/sept.txt");
                 files.push_back("C:/bills/oct.txt");
                  files.push_back("C:/bills/nov.txt");
                   files.push_back("C:/bills/dec.txt");

the reason was so I could make a loop to add and delete elements to all files in one shot
the loop just view the default file looks like this:

void list(vector<string>files)
{
     system("CLS");
      string bills;
       string file;
        int counter=0;
         ifstream list;
      
     list.open(files[0]);
       if(list.good())
        {while(!list.eof())
          {getline(list,bills);
            cout<<counter<<"."<<bills<<endl;
             counter++;
          }
        } 
      system("PAUSE");
      main();  
}

I tried to assign the value to a string file:

file=files[0];

still no dice
any idea what i am doing wrong?thanks