Ignoring Lines and Continuing through Spaces,

Hey,

I have a program that reads the files in its directory, and then puts them in a .txt file:

Code:

     strncat(DirSpec, "\\*", 3);
     hFind = FindFirstFile(DirSpec, &FindFileData);

         int fileOutputCount = 0;
         ofstream a_file ( "oldnames.txt" );
         if (a_file.is_open() ) 
               {
         	   while(FindNextFile(hFind, &FindFileData) != 0)
               {
                      ++fileOutputCount;
                      if (fileOutputCount > 1 ) 
                         {

                               a_file<<FindFileData.cFileName<<"\n";
                         }
                  }
        	   }

FindClose(hFind);
a_file.close();

The problem is, I don't want it to count itself or two other file names. I've already taken care of . and .. with the fileOutputCount.

Next problem, same program:

I'm also reading line from another file, and they have spaces. I needed to read filenames, seperated by a new line. Currently, I have this:

Code:

  fscanf(fp_fileNames, "%s", newFileName);

I figure it has something to do with the "%s", but unfortunately, that was taken from another program, and searching for "%s" doesn't show anything useful.

Thanks in advance,
Blurr

"[^\n]"

if I remember correct will read the string till the \n char
or - use fgets - plain and simple

fgets doesn't work. It appends the /n char and I get this:

Code:

Error, file1.txt
  does not exist.

And using "[^/n]" just makes the program loop an endless sea of errors.

But thanks for the repy.

Well, how to remove the \n when using fgets() is in the FAQ.

Plus "sea of errors" really doesn't help us to figure out what you did wrong.

Thanks a lot! It works just how I wanted now!