Delete self?

[mekkatorqu]

Hi,

is there any way to add code to delete self, like, you will run program, it will do something and then delete his .exe? I don't know how to do it cuz it gives me error because that program is running, this is what I have:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	system("copy testlol.exe ..\\testlol.exe");
	cin.get();
	system("del testlol.exe");
}

[GisleAune]

Is Google so hard to use? That's what I used to find this:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/remove/

Also, High risk of a s***storm abrewing regarding your use of the evil system(). Go to the link below and read post #8.
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/18057-run-external-executable/

[mekkatorqu]

well, I wanna delete program that will execute command to delete, so I will run testlol.exe, it will copy self to another folder and then delete self from first folder, remove function don't works too...

[ne555]

¿So you want to move your file? rename() it.

[mekkatorqu]

yes I wanna move it, not rename...
look, I have program in
D:\ called testlol.exe,
so I have
D:\testlol.exe
this program will copy self to D:\test\ so I will have
D:\test\testlol.exe AND
D:\testlol.exe
------ until now it works fine
BUT now I wanna delete that testlol from D:\, so I will have:

D:\test\testlol.exe ONLY ... NO MORE D:\testlol.exe

and I need to do that by just running that testlol.exe in D:\, nothing else

[LB]

Impossible, windows keeps the file stream open for a program, so it can't delete itself. You should run the copy and pass it your current path and then exit, allowing the copy to delete the original.