File rename script (char <--> string)

Hello,

I'm trying create basic script for renaming files with date included. If I rename only char oldname to newname without date included it's working but when I include date it seems like it's string after and renamed can be only char... Even I tried restream string back to char I have a problems as

initializer fails to determine size of `newname1' because of "#define MAX_DATE 12"

I'm trying find way how basically rename files from original to new with current date included...

Any idea?

Example:

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Code:

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#include <sstream>
#include <time.h>

#define MAX_DATE 12



  time_t now;
  char the_date[MAX_DATE];
  the_date[0] = '\0';

  now = time(NULL);

  if (now != -1)
  {
      strftime(the_date, MAX_DATE, "%d_%m_%Y", gmtime(&now));
  }
  string datex = the_date;
  string file1 = "filename" + datex + ".TXT";
  stringstream ss;
  char replace1[] = "";
  ss << file1;
  ss >> replace1;


  int result1;
  char oldname1[] = "FILENAME.TXT";
  char newname1[] = replace1;
  result1= rename( oldname1 , newname1 );
  if ( result1 == 0 )
    puts ( "File successfully renamed" );
  else
    perror( "Error renaming file " );

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> char replace1[] = "";
You haven't allocated enough space (just one character in fact).

> result1= rename( oldname1 , newname1 );
Rather than messing around with char arrays, do everything with std::string variables.

When it comes to the rename, do this
result1= rename( oldname.c_str() , newname.c_str() );

Wao,

thank you very much,
it's working...
also I insert char replacement: string datex = the_date;
"datex" is char