C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Rename the filename with temp file          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ Language (Moderated) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message electroman Guest Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:35 am    Post subject: Rename the filename with temp file Hello, I am using Borland 5.02 C/C++ software and I am trying to find a way to rename my save input to a temp file. My save buffer is c:\\wsc\\Select.txt. I wish only to find a way way to rename the file into a temp like c:\\wsc\\record.txt is an example. I need to use the temp file over and over too. I wish that I will have c:\\wsc\\xxxxx.txt as a constant. Thanks, Jim [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Jack Klein Guest Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Rename the filename with temp file On 19 Aug 2006 20:35:20 -0400, "electroman" <jiwarner (AT) i2k (DOT) com> wrote in comp.lang.c++.moderated: Quote: Hello, I am using Borland 5.02 C/C++ software and I am trying to find a way to rename my save input to a temp file. My save buffer is c:\\wsc\\Select.txt. I wish only to find a way way to rename the file into a temp like c:\\wsc\\record.txt is an example. I need to use the temp file over and over too. I wish that I will have c:\\wsc\\xxxxx.txt as a constant. Thanks, Jim I'm sorry, I am not sure that I understand your question the way you have worded it. If you merely want to rename a file, C++ has a standard library function from that, which it inherits from the C standard library. Include either <cstdio> or <stdio.h> and use the function: int rename(const char *old, const char *new); ....or std::rename() if you are including <cstdio>. BC++ 5.02 was quite a bit pre-standard, and I don't think the <cxxx> headers and namespace std for their functions worked too well, if I remember right. In your particular case, it sounds like you would want: int result = rename("c:\\wsc\\Select.txt", "c:\\wse\\record.txt"); The returned value is 0 if the operation is successful, and non zero if it fails for any reason. Most of the details of why the function succeeds or fails are platform specific and not defined by the C standard, but I would suggest that you do not have the file open when you try to rename it. On most versions of Windows that would probably cause the rename to fail. Note that the two parameters to rename() do not have to be string literals, they can be strings that you put together at run time. -- Jack Klein Home: http://JK-Technology.Com FAQs for comp.lang.c http://c-faq.com/ comp.lang.c++ http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ajo/docs/FAQ-acllc.html [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ Language (Moderated) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C/C++----------------C LanguageC Language (Moderated)C++ Language (Moderated)C++ language (comp.lang.c++)C++ language, library and standards Non-English C/C++ Newsgroups----------------C++ (German)C++ (French)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.