please always reply to the mailing list and not only individual people.
OMG, my bad I was in such a rush that I forgot “<” .
using i/o redirect is a habit that goes back to the times of fortran programs when fortran had no way of handling arguments. however C++ does have this built in and thus
it is much better (and cleaner) to use the “-in” flag.
Sincere apologies for bothering you all.
Thank you Stefan for pointing that out.
you really need to slow down and be more careful. my name is not stefan. 
axel.