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    writing files to a specified folder

    how do i write files to a specified folder with fwrite and FILE's?

    i'm trying to copy one file from the current directory to a folder like C:\test\

    and just do it one byte at a time (i'm doing this on purpose, so dont' flame me)

    but the thing is, it writes for a couple seconds, then it just crashes.....

    but if i try and just write to a plain file (test.txt) instead of the directory one (C:\test\test.txt) it works perfectly......

    any way to fix this? example code would be nice

    thanks in advance

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    ah, i found my problem, i have to create a folder first.......so, how do i do that?

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    Why don't you show us your code? Make sure you're using "rb" and "wb" for binary IO.
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    ok, i found a cool command off of msdn:

    BOOL CreateDirectory(
    LPCTSTR lpPathName,
    LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes
    );

    now, thing is, will this cause errors if the folder already exists?

    say i try and create a folder C:\Program Files\
    will it overwrite the Program Files folder? cuz that would suck, lol

    if it does, is there a way to test if a folder exists?

    -edit-
    ok, nevermind, it doesn't overwrite stuff *phew*.....i think i've ALMOST got it done....
    Last edited by jverkoey; 03-29-2003 at 11:09 PM.

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    Why don't you test that yourself? Just create a folder in Explorer, and try to create it again with CreateDirectory.
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    read above ^^

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