cpp/io/basic ios/exceptions
From Cppreference
| std::ios_base::iostate exceptions() const; | ||
| void exceptions(std::ios_base::iostate except); | ||
[edit] Parameters
| except | - | exception mask | 
[edit] Example
#include <iostream> #include <fstream> int main() { int ivalue; try { std::ifstream in("in.txt"); in.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit); in >> ivalue; } catch (std::ios_base::failure &fail) { // handle exception here } }