Thread: Help a Newbie with Deleting.

  1. #1
    unregistered
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    Unhappy Help a Newbie with Deleting.

    No matter where i look, i can find anywhere that says how to delete files in c++. For instance,i would do.

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    cout<<"deleteing C:\test\null.txt";
    --------------------------------------------------
    but how do i actually make the program delete it?

    plz reply

    (dont flame please, im 14 yrs old and i know c++, gimme some credit)

  2. #2
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    Re: Help a Newbie with Deleting.

    Originally posted by unregistered
    No matter where i look, i can find anywhere that says how to delete files in c++. For instance,i would do.

    --------------------------------------------------

    cout<<"deleteing C:\test\null.txt";
    --------------------------------------------------
    but how do i actually make the program delete it?

    plz reply

    (dont flame please, im 14 yrs old and i know c++, gimme some credit)
    grr damnit, see that part where it says \test\null.txt
    well wouldnt the \n part cuase a line break? grrr
    help plz

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    You can use -

    remove(char* path);

    in <cstdio>, but your path will need to be either "C:\\test\\null.txt" or "C:/test/null.txt".

  4. #4
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    hmm i dunno what u mean, like whats that char*? all i know is path is the directory. i tried...

    remove (c:\\test\\null.txt);

    that didnt work... could anybody help me?
    what does he mean by the char* part?
    Help!

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    You have to open an ofstream for that particular file before you can remove it.

    Example:

    ofstream temp;
    temp.open(c:\temp\test.txt);

    remove (c:\temp\test.txt);

    temp.close();

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    Kuphryn

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