redirecting an ostream's streambuf
 

ok, C++ gurus, please a little help:

I have an ostream (I've also tried iostream) and I wish to redirect it's streambuffer. By default the ostream is directed at cout via:

ostream *os = new ostream (cout.rdbuf());

however when I try to output to the ostream I get a segfault:
*os << "hello";

how can I properly redirect an ostream or iostream to a desired output?

Thanks,
jpbarto

nevermind, got it figured out... had a problem with my C++ constructors...