--- trunk/OOPSE-1.0/libmdtools/StatWriter.cpp	2004/07/16 18:58:03	1334
+++ trunk/OOPSE-1.0/libmdtools/StatWriter.cpp	2004/07/27 15:41:17	1417
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ StatWriter::StatWriter( SimInfo* the_entry_plug ){
   if(worldRank == 0 ){
 #endif // is_mpi
 
-    strcpy( outName, entry_plug->statusName );
+    outName =  entry_plug->statusName;
 
     //std::cerr << "Opening " << outName << " for stat\n";
 
-    outFile.open(outName, ios::out | ios::trunc );
+    outFile.open(outName.c_str(), ios::out | ios::trunc );
     
     if( !outFile ){
       
       sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
 	       "Could not open \"%s\" for stat output.\n",
-	       outName);
+	       outName.c_str());
       painCave.isFatal = 1;
       simError();
     }