Dound with CopyFile()

[ggggg2]

well I coded this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;;

string getExePath(){
char result[ MAX_PATH ];
return std::string( result, GetModuleFileName( NULL, result, MAX_PATH ) );
}

main(){
cout <<"My directory is" << getExePath() << "\n";
CopyFile("C:\\PerfLogs\\teste.exe","C:\\User\\test.exe",FALSE);
}

Well, it is just a little bit of the code. But I want to put the getExePath() string inside the CopyFile. So, instead I use C:\\PerfLogs\\teste.exe, I will put the getExePath() path.

Is there any way???

Please, try to write the code of solutions, because my english is terrible. TKS

[Duthomhas]

First, you'll need some functions to manipulate file paths. Like these:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/34348/#msg185786

Then you can swap things around.

int main()
{
  string exe_path = getExePath();
  cout << "My exe file is: "        << ExtractFilename( exe_path, '\\' ) << "\n";
  cout << "My exe's directory is: " << ExtractDirectory( exe_path, '\\' ) << "\n";
  CopyFile(
    (ExtractDirectory( exe_path, '\\' ) + "teste.exe").c_str(),  // destination -- same folder as my exe
    "C:\\User\\test.exe",  // source -- hardcoded filename
    FALSE
    );
}

Try to avoid using pathnames that are hardcoded (like "C:\\User\\test.exe") if at all possible.


If you have Boost installed, you can do all this with Boost::Filesystem.

Hope this helps.