Thread: FAQ- Accessing Directories and Files Within (need further info)

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    FAQ- Accessing Directories and Files Within (need further info)

    Hi
    I studied the win32 code for accessing the directory and files within. What I need to do is rename certain files in the directory. Right now using the code I can access the names of the files however I cannot change their names.
    Can anyone guide me as to what other functions are availabe in windows.h file that I can use for renaming. Also is there any other way of having a list giving me what other functions are available and their description or documentation

    I know one way would be to make new files (with whatever name I want ) and copy the contents of the current file to new one. But that is time consuming process and is not necessary

    Thanks
    Nipun

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    MoveFile()

    Click on "File Management Functions" under "See Also".
    Use the table of contents frame on the left to explore other functional groups of the Win32 API.

    gg

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    Thanks for the help the website gives me lot of funtions which will very useful for me,
    I also saw this other function called rename( ) from previous threads which would be very useful for me

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    You can also use SHFileOperation to rename files.
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    >> I also saw this other function called rename( ) from previous threads
    rename() simply calls MoveFile()
    It's usefull if you trying to stick with ISO C-standard functions.

    Skin that cat however you like

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