I have a program that is supposed to write output to a .txt file does it work with gdb?

Question

so my program is set to write output to both"example.txt" and standard output. i created another file in the online compiler called "example.txt" but the compiler doesnt write to it.

is this something that can only be done in a local compiler or do i have to do something else to either :

 get it to write to a file in the online compiler,

get it to write to a file on my computer

Answer 1

i tried it out  with c++ and it worked but i don't know where the file is that i wrote to so yes and no

Comments

I'd just download either Code::Blocks or Visual Studio.
http://www.codeblocks.org/                        - Basic C/C++ environment with project capability.
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/          - Larger but more advanced environment with the
                                                                                  ability to program in several languages and add-ons.

Answer 2

File created during program execution will be created on server and will be visible in editor once program execution is over.

Answer 3

I have been fighting this issues for 2 days now. I started a completely new project to confirm suspicions as well.  The code appeared to work correctly last night, immediately creating the files as it is supposed to do. This morning, excited to get back to it and complete my project, it is right back to not creating the files until I use sys.exit() to end the program. Using the stop button to end the program does not generate the files either. Running the same script on my local installation generates the file immediately, allowing the program to function as it is supposed too.

This appears to be a limitation in the virtualized IDE, and I think I will develop locally first, then see if I can get it to run normally on GDB.

Comments

Yes, you can't use the stop button to finish the program.
The program has to stop by itself - either because it gets to the end or because you use sys.exit()