Clearing/Naming the command window?

[cosmos22]

Hello, I would like to pose a very simple question, does anyone know how to clear the command window of text, and give it a name(Eg. Cosmos's Program)
I would like to make room for different lines of text in my program, and also give it a name, for obvious reasons.

Thanks guys!

[Nick Evan]

To clear the screen: click
To set your title:

#include <windows.h>
int main()
{
    SetConsoleTitleA("This is my Consolewindow!");
    return 0;
}

[cosmos22]

Thank you! It worked...
I have another question, it's about renaming a file from a certain location on the computer, I know copy is:

char cp[500];

    if (strstr(argv[0],"Foldername")==NULL)
    {

sprintf(cp, "copy \"%s\" \"path"", argv[0]);
system(cp);

*Don't know how to add code tags, sorry*

How would I program this to suit the file "path" in this case?

Thanks

[Nick Evan]

Thank you! It worked... [.....]*Don't know how to add code tags, sorry*

No problem.

Code Tags (please click and read)

How would I program this to suit the file "path" in this case?

I don't understand what you mean, could you give an example?

[cosmos22]

Sure, this is the program that is copying the file to the startup folder so it boots up every time, so that I can prompt the user of info:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>


using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char cp[500];

    if (strstr(argv[0],"Startup")==NULL)
    {
       sprintf(cp, "copy \"%s\" \"C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\\"", argv[0]);
       system(cp);
        
    }
 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

I would like to rename the file, from this location, so I don't get mixed up with the two originals.

Meh, not sure if the code thing worked...
EDIT, nope, it didn't...

Thanks...

[Nick Evan]

You could use the dos "move" command to do this?
Also argv[0] is your own programs name, did you realise this?

[cosmos22]

You could use the dos "move" command to do this?
Also argv[0] is your own programs name, did you realise this?

Niek

How would I use the dos move command to rename the file? What syntax should I use?
I know that's my programs name, I just can't get the syntax right, I've tried several methods...

[Nick Evan]

If you want to use C and Doscommands.
Say you have a file called blah.txt. To rename it you type in DOS move blah.txt new.txt and the file is now named new.txt.

But personally I would use rename(). The less "system" commands, the better!

Try implementing this in your code.

[cosmos22]

Yeah, I tried this, whats wrong with my syntax?
My file is called testing123(orig)

rename("C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\testing123.exe");

I know this only tells it the location of the first file, I can't seem to add on my new file extension name...

Thanks

[Nick Evan]

Yeah, I tried this, whats wrong with my syntax?
My file is called testing123(orig)

rename("C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\testing123.exe");

You didn't tell rename() what the new name would be.

rename("C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\testing123.exe", "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\backup.exe");

Now the file is renamed to backup.exe

[cosmos22]

Thank you very much, it worked :)