passing information into the findfile findnext function

Hi, me an my friend are creating a program that requires locating files, which requires knowing the file path. We came across functions to find the user name of the current person logged into windows, and to find all the logical drives on the target computer. We need help passing the information gained from these functions into the findfile function . Here's our code:

Code:

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#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <io.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <direct.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <Lmcons.h>

using namespace std;


void DumpEntry(_finddata_t &data)
{

       

    if (data.attrib & _A_SUBDIR == _A_SUBDIR)
    {
        cout << "[" << data.name << "]" << endl;
    }
    else
    {
                        cout << data.name << endl;
    }
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
TCHAR name [ UNLEN + 1 ];
  DWORD size = UNLEN + 1;
       
  if (GetUserName( (TCHAR*)name, &size ))
    wcout << L"Hello, " << name << L"!\n";
  else
    cout << "Hello, unnamed person!\n";

        TCHAR szBuffer[1024];
::GetLogicalDriveStrings(1024, szBuffer);
TCHAR *pch = szBuffer;
while (*pch) {
_tprintf(TEXT("%s\n"), pch);
pch = &pch[_tcslen(pch) + 1];
}

        _finddata_t data;

   
    int ff = _findfirst ("/Users/ /AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/*.*", &data);

   
        if (ff != -1)
    {
        int res = 0;
               
        while (res != -1)
        {
            DumpEntry(data);
            res = _findnext(ff, &data);
        }
               
        _findclose(ff);
        }

        return 0;
}

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We need to pass the logical drive letter before /Users and we need to pass the username in between /Users and /AppData.

Yes, use the Win32 versions of findfile (some examples in the FAQ), NOT the obsolete DOS versions.

Remove io.h from your includes.

So put it there.

Code:

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stringstream path;
path << logical_drive_letter;
path << ":/Users/";
path << username;
path << "/other/things";
_findfirst(path.string().c_str());

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You'll need <sstream> for stringstreams, of course.

Would you believe it - another damn cross-poster!
Another peachy waste of effort on some selfish git.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by GeekInTraining

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int ff = _findfirst ("/Users/ /AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/*.*", &data);
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We need to pass the logical drive letter before /Users and we need to pass the username in between /Users and /AppData.

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You need to do a lot more than that...

1) in Windows directory separaters are backslashes \
2) in C and C++ the backslash is used to insert special charaters into strings. so you need \\

Thus "\\users\\appdata\\local\\microsoft\\windows\\ *" is the correct search string

Moreover that particular path is a hidden system path... used by windows to manage user details... Not a good place to be messing around, especially with cut and paste code...

Have you ever tried forward slashes in a Windows program? You might surprise yourself.