lab08.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
lab08.cpp:10:23: error: no matching function for call to ‘std::basic_ifstream<char>::basic_ifstream(std::string&)’
   ifstream giveit(file);
                       ^
lab08.cpp:10:23: note: candidates are:
In file included from lab08.cpp:2:0:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:467:7: note: std::basic_ifstream<_CharT, _Traits>::basic_ifstream(const char*, std::ios_base::openmode) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; std::ios_base::openmode = std::_Ios_Openmode]
       basic_ifstream(const char* __s, ios_base::openmode __mode = ios_base::in)
       ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:467:7: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘std::string {aka std::basic_string<char>}’ to ‘const char*’
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:453:7: note: std::basic_ifstream<_CharT, _Traits>::basic_ifstream() [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>]
       basic_ifstream() : __istream_type(), _M_filebuf()
       ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:453:7: note:   candidate expects 0 arguments, 1 provided
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:427:11: note: std::basic_ifstream<char>::basic_ifstream(const std::basic_ifstream<char>&)
     class basic_ifstream : public basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>
           ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:427:11: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘std::string {aka std::basic_string<char>}’ to ‘const std::basic_ifstream<char>&’
lab08.cpp:24:43: error: expected primary-expression before ‘<<’ token
           cout<<"The name is: "<< file << <<endl;
                                           ^
jordan@jordan-MacBookAir:~/labs/lab08$ g++ -o lab08 lab08.cpp
lab08.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
lab08.cpp:10:23: error: no matching function for call to ‘std::basic_ifstream<char>::basic_ifstream(std::string&)’
   ifstream giveit(file);
                       ^
lab08.cpp:10:23: note: candidates are:
In file included from lab08.cpp:2:0:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:467:7: note: std::basic_ifstream<_CharT, _Traits>::basic_ifstream(const char*, std::ios_base::openmode) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; std::ios_base::openmode = std::_Ios_Openmode]
       basic_ifstream(const char* __s, ios_base::openmode __mode = ios_base::in)
       ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:467:7: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘std::string {aka std::basic_string<char>}’ to ‘const char*’
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:453:7: note: std::basic_ifstream<_CharT, _Traits>::basic_ifstream() [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>]
       basic_ifstream() : __istream_type(), _M_filebuf()
       ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:453:7: note:   candidate expects 0 arguments, 1 provided
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:427:11: note: std::basic_ifstream<char>::basic_ifstream(const std::basic_ifstream<char>&)
     class basic_ifstream : public basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>
           ^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/fstream:427:11: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘std::string {aka std::basic_string<char>}’ to ‘const std::basic_ifstream<char>&’
lab08.cpp:24:43: error: expected primary-expression before ‘<<’ token
           cout<<"The name is: "<< file << <<endl;
                                           ^