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ok, i kinda feel like an idiot asking this, but here it goes
simple setup for example purposes.:
#include<iostream>
#include<stdio.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
system("cd\")
return 0;
}
ok, as you've prolly already noticed, the CD\ will return an error saying that there is an invalid terminator because of the "\" .. all i want to do is change directories lol.. can someone help me out. thnx
simple setup for example purposes.:
#include<iostream>
#include<stdio.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
system("cd\")
return 0;
}
ok, as you've prolly already noticed, the CD\ will return an error saying that there is an invalid terminator because of the "\" .. all i want to do is change directories lol.. can someone help me out. thnx
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use the chdir() function instead of the system() because (1) its faster and (2) its safer
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the escape character for a backslash is simply \\ - however, as Ancient Dragon says, CD\\ (or indeed any system() call) is unsafe. IIRC, chdir() is part of windows.h or conio.h depending on your implementation - it's not a standard header, but it's certainly better than system().
i appreciate the help, but it still is not working...
heres the setup i have right now
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
chdir("C:\\");
return 0;
}
still says chdir is undeclared
heres the setup i have right now
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
chdir("C:\\");
return 0;
}
still says chdir is undeclared
ok i finally figured it out.. it was a header file indeed..
except it was #include<unistd.h>
thnx for the pointer.. Pe@cE
except it was #include<unistd.h>
thnx for the pointer.. Pe@cE
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I think it also works with #include <direct.h>
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