Thread: Dynamic directory names

There is a precise order to things.

You're basically expecting this to work
a = myvar + 2;
cin >> myvar; // type in 5
// here you're expecting a to be 5 + 2, and it simply isn't going to happen.

Read strings in, THEN build them up with your other data.

Originally Posted by Daved

>> Can anybody at least give me a clue...?
Do you have a question?

I think his question is "What should I do?"

Well I did this

Code:

    std::string newDir="C/Program Files/MUMS/"+newusername;
    int err = mkdir(newDir.c_str());
    cout << err << endl;

Which printed
Creating User Folder...-1

So I looked at what you were doing, and pretty soon spotted something missing

Code:

std::string newDir="C:/Program Files/MUMS/"+newusername;

Here we go again (bump...)

I've now tried to combine this with another program that I have, basically to encrypt and decrypt a password for saving in a file.

Heres what I have:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    std::string newusername;
    std::string newuserpassword;

    {

    cout<<"Please enter a user name to use (one word only, 30 letters): ";
    cin>>newusername;
    cin.ignore();

    cout<<"\n"<<newusername<<" is now being used as your username.\n\n";
    cout<<"Enter a password to use for "<<newusername<<"'s account: ";
    cin>>newuserpassword;
    cin.ignore();

    cout<<"\nPlease wait while your account ('"<<newusername<<"') is created...";
    cout<<"\n\nCreating User Folder...";

    mkdir("C:/Program Files/MUMS/");
    std::string newDir="C:/Program Files/MUMS/"+newusername;
    mkdir(newDir.c_str());

    cout<<"\nCreating Username File...";

    std::string unfile="C:/Program Files/MUMS/";
    unfile+=newusername;
    unfile+="/username.mums";

    ofstream usernamecreate;
    usernamecreate.open(unfile.c_str());
    usernamecreate<<newusername<<endl;
    usernamecreate.close();

    cout<<"\n"<<newusername<<"'s User Name file successfully created!...";

    cout<<"\nCreating Password File...";

    std::string pfile="C:/Program Files/MUMS/";
    pfile+=newusername;
    pfile+="/password.mums";

    ofstream userpasswordcreate;
    userpasswordcreate.open(pfile.c_str());

    void encode(std::string& pass) {

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i != pass.size(); ++i) {
        pass.at(i) += 7;
        }
    }

    encode(newuserpassword);

    userpasswordcreate<<newuserpassword<<endl;
    userpasswordcreate.close();

    void decode(std::string& code) {

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i != code.size(); ++i) {
        code.at(i) -= 7;
        }
    }

    decode(newuserpassword);

    cout<<"\n"<<newusername<<"'s Password saved successfully!...";

    cout<<"\n\nDone!";
    cout<<"\n\nYour User Name is '"<<newusername<<"' and your password is '"<<newuserpassword<<"'.\n"
          "Make sure that you know these, as there is no way of retirieving\nthis information.";
    cin.get();
    }
}

Thanks for the help,

FlyingIsFun1217

------------EDIT------------
Nevermind, I moved the voids...

I really have to start thinking of these things before I post...

FlyingIsFun1217