CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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RN24
RN24

Reputation: 15

Rename files with same name but differing extensions

If a tickbox is clicked on my application, all files in a specified folder having the same pre-dot name, (eg. TESTCRC32.xxx) will be re-named. If the filename is something else, (eg. Pic.jpg) this file will not be renamed.

How can I go about this? I was thinking a for loop...

void SecondDlg::OnTickBox() 
{

  // Add code here...

   CString oldFile = myPath.Left(myPath.ReverseFind(_T('.'))); 

   rename(oldFile, newFile);
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 339

Answers (1)

Himanshu
Himanshu

Reputation: 4395

You are doing wrong. lets take an example, Suppose myPath is having path "C:\abc\xyz.bmp"
After this line:

CString oldFile = myPath.Left(myPath.ReverseFind(_T('.')));

Now: 

oldFile = "C:\\abc\\xyz";  // extension removed

At last you are calling rename

rename(oldFile, newFile);  //you can use myPath instead of oldFile

As oldFile = "C:\abc\xyz"; and which is not the correct path, so it is not renamimg the file.
you should pass full path of the file(C:\abc\xyz.bmp).

Upvotes: 1

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