Does anyone know how to compare a old style character string with a character in qoutes? Example:
I want to compare the first character in a record that is stored in an old style character string with a "*". Here's what I have in my code:

char FirstCharacter[1]; // Character string to hold to value found by
the peek() function

OutputFile.seekp(Total * 60);
//Seek to the correct position

FirstCharacter[0] = OutputFile.peek();
//FirstCharacter set equal to peek()

if (FirstCharacter[0] == "*")
{
cout << "Dummy Record";
}
//Try to compare value stored in FirstCharacter with a "*". If it is true, I know that I can write my record there.

It will not compare the string like it is. I get the error "Cannot convert char to char*". I tried strcmp() also, but to no avail. I get the error message "Cannot find a match for strcmp(char, char*). Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks a lot.