Find a file with c++

[Ken]

Hello,

I'm trying to make a c++ program that first looks for a specific file
and then edits it. This file can be everywhere on the computer.
Someone any idea how i can search the computer for a specific file in
c++ ?

Greetings,

Ken

[Thomas Matthews]

Ken wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to make a c++ program that first looks for a specific file
and then edits it. This file can be everywhere on the computer.
Someone any idea how i can search the computer for a specific file in
c++ ?

Greetings,

Ken

There are no facilities in C++ for searching for files.
You will have to use platform specific functions.
Please read the welcome.txt in my signature as well
as these sections of the FAQ:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/input-output.html

The reason is that not all platforms support
directories. Of those that do, not all of them
have the same directory structure or organization.
Compare for example: MacIntosh, Windows, Unix and
VMS platforms. If you want extremes, consider other
operating systems and embedded systems that don't
have files. See news:comp.arch.embedded.

--
Thomas Matthews

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http://www.raos.demon.uk/acllc-c++/faq.html
Other sites:
http://www.josuttis.com -- C++ STL Library book

[David Rubin]

Ken wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to make a c++ program that first looks for a specific file
and then edits it. This file can be everywhere on the computer.
Someone any idea how i can search the computer for a specific file in
c++ ?

You must use 3rd party libraries to do this in C++. Another method is to
wrap your program in a script which first finds the file and then calls
your program to edit it.

/david

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[Evan Carew]

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Ken wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to make a c++ program that first looks for a specific file
and then edits it. This file can be everywhere on the computer.
Someone any idea how i can search the computer for a specific file in
c++ ?

Greetings,

Ken

Ken,

While the comments of the previous posters are technically correct,
there is help (tho not a complete solution) for generic file ops. For an
idea of what is possible, take a look at Boost's filesystem library at:

http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm

Evan Carew
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