Thread: Copying a file

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    Question Copying a file

    Hi every body how are you? I'm trying to write a program in C++ that does the following: scans a folder for files, selects one of these files at random, copies the selected file to a prespecified folder, then renames this file to a another predifined name. So far I've the part that scans the folder selects a random file, I need help in copying this selected file to a another folder. Can any one please help? It will be greatly appreciated.
    So far I have the following code:


    Code:
    #include<windows.h>
    #include<stdlib.h>
    #include<time.h>
    #include<iostream>
    using namespace std;
    int main()
    {
       srand(time(0));
       WIN32_FIND_DATA buf;
       HANDLE find=FindFirstFile("*.txt",&buf);
       if(find==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
       {
           cout<<"No *.txt file"<<endl;
           system("pause");
           return 0;
       }
       char*file_found=buf.cFileName;
       do
       {
            if(rand()%3==0)//1 case out of 3
            {
                file_found=buf.cFileName;
                break;
            }
       }
       while(FindNextFile(find,&buf));
       FindClose(find);
       cout<<"I selected "<<file_found<<endl;
       system("pause");
       return 0;
    }

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    Thank you saleem.

    I solved the problem with the following line of code:

    CopyFile("source.file", "destination.file", false);

    ...where true or fals stands for don't/do overwrite.

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