Thread: Deleting question

i've been trying all night and I can't figure out how place this code:

Code:

strcpy (FilePath, DirPath); 
strcat (FilePath, FindData.cFileName); 
DeleteFile(FilePath); // or remove(FilePath);

into this code:

Code:

WIN32_FIND_DATA FindData;
	HANDLE hFind;

	hFind = FindFirstFile(SearchPath, // Search path is the directory/filemask you want
		                  &FindData);
	if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
                     // Do whatever you want with the first file

		while(FindNextFile(hFind,&FindData))
		{
                                      // Do whatever with the next.. and so on
		}
		FindClose(hFind); // Close the find handle
	}
	else
	{
		// There wern't any files
	}

Could you please help me out here.
Thanks

I have no idea what I am doing here, so you will have to bare with me here . This is all I have so far and I have no idea how to get this to work...

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
  WIN32_FIND_DATA FindData;
	HANDLE hFind;

	hFind = FindFirstFile("C:\\My Documents\\Folder\\*.*", // Search path is the directory/filemask you want
		                  &FindData);
	if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
                     // Do whatever you want with the first file

		while(FindNextFile(hFind,&FindData))
		{
                                      // Do whatever with the next.. and so on
		}
		FindClose(hFind); // Close the find handle
	}
	else
	{
      cout << "The folder is empty"; // There wern't any files
	}



return 0;
}

Am I completely wrong? I have added the bits that the comments said, but for the others...I don't know where to go. Could you please help me out? I'm sorry for being so dumb, but I will learn from this, so it isn't a complete waste of time...I think...

Thanks
-Chris

ok...I have put together this code (thus taking another step) and I just need to know where to declare FileData and what to put in it...

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{


    WIN32_FIND_DATA FindData;
	HANDLE hFind;

    char DirPath[100] = "C:\\My Documents\\Chris\\Folder";
    char FilePath[100] = "C:\\My Documents\\Chris\\Folder\\stuff.NMW";

    strcpy (FilePath, DirPath); 
    strcat (FilePath, FileData.cFileName);
    remove(FilePath);

    hFind = FindFirstFile("C:\\My Documents\\Chris\\Folder\\*.*", // Search path is the directory/filemask you want
		                  &FindData);
	if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
           cout <<FindData.cFileName<< "\n";

		while(FindNextFile(hFind,&FindData))
		{
            cout <<FindData.cFileName<< "\n";
		}
		FindClose(hFind); // Close the find handle
	}
	else
	{
      cout << "There were no files found";
	}

  return 0;
}

brfore we go any furthur, I don't think you understand what I am trying to accomplish here. I am trying to get his to delete everything inside the folder, without knowing the actual filenames. Is this what is going on now?

oh ok. In the code that I gave you, should I have placed "C:\\My Documents\\Chris\\Folder\\stuff.NMW" into the string DirPath[100]?

Thank you so much for helping me out...the code looks great and works well and I have also learned how to do all this (yay!). Just so you can see what the final product of all of these posts, here is the code:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{


    WIN32_FIND_DATA FindData;
	HANDLE hFind;

    char DirPath[100] = "C:\\My Documents\\Chris\\Folder";
    char FilePath[100];

    hFind = FindFirstFile("C:\\My Documents\\Chris\\Folder\\*.*",
		                  &FindData);
	if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
           strcpy (FilePath, DirPath); 
           strcat (FilePath, "\\");
           strcat (FilePath, FindData.cFileName);
           remove(FilePath);

		while(FindNextFile(hFind,&FindData))
		{
            strcpy (FilePath, DirPath); 
            strcat (FilePath, "\\");
            strcat (FilePath, FindData.cFileName);
            remove(FilePath);
		}
		FindClose(hFind);
	}
	else
	{
      cout << "There were no files found\n";
	}
    system("pause");

  return 0;
}

Thanks again

yeah, I know all about that *.* stuff.

oh yeah, and have a good time at Greece