how do i do this in C++?

[Bmxpunk86pl]

say if i wanted to write a program in C++ that takes a file from a cd and installs it to a special directory, how would i declare that to happen would i do this:

int f:\XXX;

do you understand me?

[Thelemac]

Uh..something with ostream = "c:\special\directory" or something like that, I think. I know you can set the directory...I just haven't ever used that particular option.

[Bmxpunk86pl]

no i dont want it in the #include thing. i want it in the body of the program. say i wanted to write a program that would delete a file from a harddrive, how would i make C++ look for that file and then do something with it?

[Thelemac]

You set either the istream or the ostream to look in that particular directory...that isn't done in the header at all. Here is a little bit of example code for it:

#include fstream;

ifstream = "C:\your\directory\file.name"; // This can be done in main(), too
ofstream = "F:\your\directory\file.name"; // This can be done in main(), too


Not sure of the exact syntax, but that's basically how you do it (got just a little bit confused on the difference between iostream and f stream before...)

[Superman53142]

It's iostream.h

And I haven't screwed with it that much but Shadow's looks pretty good.

[Thelemac]

Originally posted by Superman53142
It's iostream.h

And I haven't screwed with it that much but Shadow's looks pretty good.

Like I said..it's been a while.

And what's with everybody thinking I'm Shadow ÒÓ lately?

[ButcherUK]

it's #include <fstream> (you need <> or "", no ; ), and it's ifstream cdfile; cdfile.open("F:\blah\blah.txt"); etc.

[Thelemac]

Originally posted by ButcherUK
it's #include <fstream> (you need <> or "", no ; ), and it's ifstream cdfile; cdfile.open("F:\blah\blah.txt"); etc.

Yeah, that's it. :)

I knew that my syntax was messed up a bit. Been so long since I've used it...

[Zuck Gou :)]

Originally posted by Thelemac


Like I said..it's been a while.

And what's with everybody thinking I'm Shadow ÒÓ lately?