Thread: linux ctime(date as a name)

Hey guys,

i try to create a file : fopen(test,"w+");
the filename is to be the current date, i tried to realize this like:

time_t t;
time(&t);
char *test = ctime(&t);

ctime returns a value with 26 letters like "Sat Feb 17 19:31:26 1996\n\0".
And now i try to delete the \n\0 because of this the filename of the created file is the date with a "?" at the end but i dont know how i can fix this.

regards
septix

Replace the \n with \0 if you don't want it in your filename.

Originally Posted by tabstop

Replace the \n with \0 if you don't want it in your filename.

but how can i do that?

How did you "delete" the \n\0. If you somehow "remove" the \0, you no longer have a valid string, since a string in C must end with a \0. All you really need to do is find the \n and replace it with a \0, anything after that will be ignored.

Also, you can look into the strftime function that will allow you to make any format you want from the current time.

Originally Posted by anduril462

How did you "delete" the \n\0. If you somehow "remove" the \0, you no longer have a valid string, since a string in C must end with a \0. All you really need to do is find the \n and replace it with a \0, anything after that will be ignored.

Also, you can look into the strftime function that will allow you to make any format you want from the current time.

Ahh the strftime function did it!

Thank you guys very much!