file I/O problem

Hey, I'm helping my friend with this program. Two problems:
1. Is there an escape character in C++ to ignore a \ in a path?
for example in Perl I would just use another \ as in C:\\Progra~1\
2. I need to copy all contents from one file and output to another, but the .get and .put aren't working. Is there a better way to do this or does the syntax need to be corrected?

Code:

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#include <iostream>  //i/o library
#include <string>    // string library
#include <fstream>      // both input/output files
#include <cstdlib>


using namespace std;

int main()  // starting main function
{
    ifstream myinputfile; // declaring input file
    ofstream myoutfile;  // declaring output file
    cout << "Begin file Copy\n"; // print to screen
   
    myinputfile.open ("C:|myinputfile.txt"); //opening input file
   
    if (!myinputfile)  // testing success
    {
      cout << "Error!!\n";  // if unsuccessful
      }
   
    myoutfile.open ("C:|myoutfile.txt"); //opening output file
   
    if (!myoutfile) //testing success
    {
      cout << "Error!!\n"; // if unsucessful
      exit (100);
                   
    }
   
    int line;  // declaring a variable
   
    while (myinputfile.get (line)) {
    myoutfile.put (line);
}
   
    myinputfile.close (); // closing input file
    myoutfile.close (); // closing output file
    cout << "End file copy\n"; // print to screen
    exit (102);
   
    return 0; // end of main function
}

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Thanks for your help :)

It's

Code:

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\\

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Oh it is...thanks ::embarrassed::

So, what's the best way to parse the input file and output each line to the output file?

Code:

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getline()

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Ok, cool thnx
:)

Your variable 'line' is misnamed, but your old code is a better way to copy a text file isn't it

My old code didn't compile...

I wasn't familiar with get and put, so I asked what's the best way to copy the text file...
With getline() I have gotten farther:

Code:

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int MAX_LENGTH = 100;
  char line[MAX_LENGTH];
   
    while ( myinputfile.getline(line, MAX_LENGTH )) {
          cout << "read line: " << line << endl;
  myoutfile.put(line, MAX_LENGTH);
}

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but this line:

Code:

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myoutfile.put(line, MAX_LENGTH);

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doesn't work. I can now get the text from the one file, but what is the best syntax to throw it in the other?

char c; while(myinputfile.get(c)) myoutfile.put(c);

Perfect ::embarrassed again::

That's what I had before, but I forgot to change the variable to parse for from int to char... (no wonder)

Thanks :)