how can you have your program copying files/make folders?
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i'm trying to write a program to install my game. of course to do this, i need to be able to copy my game files in to the correct dic. how do i do this, i'm guessing there is some function that can do it?
thanks.
well, you could have a list of the files you need to copy, get a dir input from the user and then open the files, one at a time, read the data and then write it to a new file thats opened with the same name in the specified dir.
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yes, but what are the commands to do such a thing. i understand the goal, just not the commands lol.
Quote:Original post by CJWR
yes, but what are the commands to do such a thing. i understand the goal, just not the commands lol.
There are no standard C nor C++ functions to do so. Filesystem is a service that is provided by your operating system. If you're using Windows, you'll be wanting to use something like the obviously-named CopyFile and CreateDirectory functions.
Enjoy.
CreateFile to make a directory
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/createfile.asp
CopyFile to...well take a guess :D
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/copyfile.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/createfile.asp
CopyFile to...well take a guess :D
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/copyfile.asp
if you want it cross platform I guess you could use
fopen();
fread();
fwrite();
As for directories thats platform specific i beleive- i may be wrong.
fopen();
fread();
fwrite();
As for directories thats platform specific i beleive- i may be wrong.
Quote:Original post by bytecoder
Why don't you just use one of the many freely available installers?
too easy [smile]
ok, heres some of the steps I would go through if I was making this cross platform:
-Get the list of files to copy
-get a user input on the directory
-open the file (fopen()), get the file length, create a char buffer the size of the file (char *buf=new char[nFileSize];) and then copy the data from the file into the buffer
-close that file (fclose()) and open a new file in the directory with that filename (fopen())
-write all the data from the buffer into the new file
-repeat process for every file
Yeah. Check out the free installers at:
www.dev4pc.com
They are pretty easy to use and don't require annoying scripts.
Mr. Creamy.
www.dev4pc.com
They are pretty easy to use and don't require annoying scripts.
Mr. Creamy.
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Quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
Yeah. Check out the free installers at:
www.dev4pc.com
They are pretty easy to use and don't require annoying scripts.
Mr. Creamy.
ah nice, i didn't know there were free installers!
thanks, i'll look into using one of those then.
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