ifstream No such file or directory C++ - c++

Question

So I'm trying to write a shader class in C++ similar to this. This is my file structure:
| -- /source
| | -- main.cpp
| | -- /Shaders
| | | -- Shader.h
| | | -- shader.frag
| | | -- shader.vert
In my main.cpp file, I import shaders.h. Shaders.h constains the shader class, which reads in shader code from the shader.frag and shader.vert files (or so it should). The path I pass from main.cpp is Shaders/shader.frag and Shaders/shader.vert, and I am getting the error No such file or directory.
Here is my (or their) relevant shader code:
#ifndef SHADER_H
#define SHADER_H
#include <glad/glad.h>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
Shader(const char* vertexPath, const char* fragmentPath)
{
// 1. retrieve the vertex/fragment source code from filePath
std::string vertexCode;
std::string fragmentCode;
std::ifstream vShaderFile;
std::ifstream fShaderFile;
// ensure ifstream objects can throw exceptions:
vShaderFile.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
fShaderFile.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
try
{
// open files
vShaderFile.open(vertexPath); <------- this is where it is getting caught
fShaderFile.open(fragmentPath); <---------- and i assume it would be here as well
std::stringstream vShaderStream, fShaderStream;
// read file's buffer contents into streams
vShaderStream << vShaderFile.rdbuf();
fShaderStream << fShaderFile.rdbuf();
// close file handlers
vShaderFile.close();
fShaderFile.close();
// convert stream into string
vertexCode = vShaderStream.str();
fragmentCode = fShaderStream.str();
}
catch (std::ifstream::failure e)
{
char buffer[256];
strerror_s(buffer, 256, errno);
printf("ERROR::SHADER::FILE_NOT_SUCCESFULLY_READ: %s\n", buffer);
}
...
I have tried multiple different path variations. I've tried passing an absolute path as well, and consistently get the same error. I would really appreciate any help with this.

Answer 1

You just need to include the <fstream> library.