Help on File Creation with Date...

[mehuldoshi]

Dear Friends,

#define DATE "date +%y%m%d%H%M%S>"

if((CreateFile(HotName,Extension)) != SUCCESS)
{
printf("\ncftodat. Process %d Error Creating the ERROR file ..\r\n",pid);
printf("\ncftodat. Process %d Terminating ..\r\n",pid);
exit(0);
}

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int CreateFile(char *HotN,char *Extn)
char TmpDt[30], *tmpname ;
{
printf("I am in CreateFile with parameters %s as Name and %s as Extension \n\n",HotN,Extn);
tmpname = tmpnam(NULL);
sprintf(TmpDt,"%s %s",DATE,tmpname);
system(TmpDt);
strcat(HotN,tmpname);
strcat(HotN,Extn);
return(SUCCESS);
}


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this code is giving me error.... on the line having code
Missing ";". (nosemi)
char TmpDt[30], *tmpname ;
^

Please help !!! Actually my idea is to create a file with timestamp and have starting of the file name and extension of the file name send as parameter.

with best regards & Thanks
Mehul Doshi

[jabrams]

int CreateFile(char *HotN,char *Extn)
char TmpDt[30], *tmpname ;
{

change to:

int CreateFile(char *HotN, char *Extn) {
char TmpDt[30], *tmpname;

[mehuldoshi]

Dear jabrams,

thank you very much. I got the probelm sorted out ....

It solved the problem but not understood what was really the mistake.... if you can help me understand and remember in future to keep in mind....

with best regards
Mehul Doshi.