I/O to text file 1

[ds2728]

i can input and output to a text file as long as the file is in the same directory as the c++ program. but i cant figure out how to input output to a file in a different directory i.e. I:\c++projects any thoughts. thanks

 

[Salem]

If you're writing pathnames in your code, you need to double-up each of your backslashes

open("c:\\temp\\work.txt");

But you don't need to ask the user to type in two backslashes at a time, they just type in what they see in say explorer.


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[Kalisto]

or you can go logical from your current directory (in case your folders can be configured by a user.)
In which case iirc, its "..\\" to go up a directory, or "..\\..\\outputFolder\\ouput.txt" to go up 2 levels, then down 1

hth

K

 

[Cagliostro]

or
".\\...." is current directory
"\\...." is root directory
"\\\\...." is network path
in console they are
\...quite the same are for linux
/
./
../

Ion Filipski