How to use fstream objects with relative path?

Question

Do I always have to specify absolute path for objects instantiated from std::fstream class? In other words, is there a way to specify just relative path to them

Answer 1

If you have an .exe file running from C:\Users\Me and you want to write a file to C:\Users\Me\You\text.txt, then all what you need to do is to add the current path operator ., so:

std::ifstream ifs(".\\you\\myfile.txt");

will work