Copying -- Moving -- and Deleting Files 1

[H3RO]

Hello. How should I copy or move a file from one directory to another? What are the codes for these commands. I am new to VC so I'm in need of lots help from you guys. I'll appriciate if you could also show me how to delete files as well ~~

(p.s. what should be #included and please, example would be cool)

 

[qednick]

Use the Windows API functions[tt]

CopyFile()
CopyFileEx()
MoveFile()
MoveFileEx()

[/tt]to copy and move files.
Use the ansi C function [tt]remove()[/tt] to delete a file.

[tt]
char* filePath = "someDir\\someFile.txt";
char* newPath = "anotherDir\\someFile.txt";
char* anotherPath = "moveDir\\newFile.txt";

// make a copy of original file
CopyFile(filePath,newPath,FALSE);

// move the copy to another location
MoveFile(newPath,anotherPath);

// delete the original file
remove(filePath);

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[H3RO]

Oh cool Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me gednick! btw, were you the one who was helping me with Delay funktions in VC like Sleep ones , but something was wrong with my program and you reccomanded me a book called C++ for Dummys? Anyway, you've been lots of help, couse these functions are the most coolest I wanted to learn. Copying , Moving, and deleting files sure expanded my range of view on the most coolest programming Language the C itself. But,...I still had a little program testing it again...This is like I've wrote, look at it and say what wrong have I did...(please)

void main(){
char* From="C:\\Test.txt";
char* To="D:\\Test.txt";
CopyFile(From,To,FALSE);
}

I don't know what is wrong but I got 2 errors compiling it. #1 - 'CopyFile' : undeclared identifier. #2 - 'FALSE' - undeclared identifier.

 

[Zyrenthian]

Delete your current console app and make one that uses MFC. I think you will have all the functionality you will need but if not, search MSDN for copyfile/copyfileex etc and you will see what you need to link with and include.

Matt

 

[H3RO]

Oh no that ain't helping...what should I do? And no, my MSDN is not installed till the end or something couse when I'm searching for the info it wants me to add a different CD or something what I don't have...You're my only helpers here . What should I #include<> gednick??