From ca5ba538077d62d0fc7331d7838a6660062edbb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James2.Hoole-Jackson@live.uwe.ac.uk"
<james2.hoole-jackson@live.uwe.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:20:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] attemp at stopping overwritten files
---
EncryptDecrypt.cpp | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/EncryptDecrypt.cpp b/EncryptDecrypt.cpp
index f3227ae..6fc5f23 100644
--- a/EncryptDecrypt.cpp
+++ b/EncryptDecrypt.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ std::string readFile(const std::string& fileName) {
return content;
}
-void writeFile(const std::string& fileName, const std::string& content) {
+void writeFile(const std::string& fileName, const std::string& content, const std::string& inputFileName) {
+ if (fileName == inputFileName) {
+ std::cerr << "Error: Cannot overwrite the original input file: " << fileName << "\n";
+ return;
+ }
+
std::ofstream file(fileName);
if (!file.is_open()) {
std::cerr << "Error: Unable to open file for writing: " << fileName << "\n";
@@ -66,3 +71,13 @@ void writeFile(const std::string& fileName, const std::string& content) {
file << content;
file.close();
}
+
+ //void writeFile(const std::string& fileName, const std::string& content) {
+ //std::ofstream file(fileName);
+ //if (!file.is_open()) {
+ //std::cerr << "Error: Unable to open file for writing: " << fileName << "\n";
+ //return;
+ //}
+ //file << content;
+ //file.close();
+//}
--
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