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add/delete files in C

Hi,

I hope someone can help me out here. I have this project where i'm supposed to write a program that takes in a user's id which (s)he enters on a web page, through CGI the page is linked to a C program that does a few calculations and according to that displays back on screen a certain amount of files along with the option adding or deleting files.

Now I already have the CGI/C link and most of the program but i have recently hit a bump. Curently i am using flat files stored on my computer and calling them through C:\... to be displayed on screen, but I have no clue on how to approach the add/delete files part. Is using a database my only solution or can i do that using C?

Thank you
Feb 7 '07 #1
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Colloid Snake
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abulreesh-

I know in *nix there is the system() command, I would assume (though I haven't programmed C for a while, that you could use 'system("del absolute_path_to_file")' on Windows machines as well.

Snake
Feb 7 '07 #2
RedSon
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I'm pretty sure you can create and delete files using file streams but I'm a windows guy so I use Visual c/c++ for my API calls.
Feb 7 '07 #3

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