How to pass fstream variable to another function?

Question

I am trying to pass a binary file that is already open to a function. However, I get the following error:

error: use of Deleted Function.

Code:

void abreBin(){
    fstream arq_bin("registro.bin", ios::in|ios::binary)
    ....
    // remove é uma funcao do tipo bool
    if(Remove(arq_bin)) // <--- erro acusa nesta linha
        cout << "item removido" << endl;
    else
        cout << "item nao encontrado" << endl;
}

Note: The error only happens when I try to pass the variable arq_bin to the other function.

I tried to use libraries type includes bool, but it didn’t work. I tried to pass other variables to the function and saw that the problem only occurs with variable fstream.

Answer 1

The mistake probably happens because Remove() has been set to receive a parameter of type fstream by value (copy), but fstream does not allow copying operation.

Alter Remove() so that it receives a parameter by reference, as below:

bool Remove(fstream& arq)