How do I make a program delete and recreate a file? PLEASE HELP!!!!!

[TheProgramer]

I just need a snipet of code that will delete and recreate a file. Not Rename, but totaly delete and then create a new file under the same name.

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[Salem]

Doesn't opening the file for writing cause the old contents to be lost?

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[TheProgramer]

Nope...

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[timmay3141]

If you are using the ofstream class, it will override delete the old content if you use the ios::trunc flag.

 

[Cagliostro]

When using ofstream by default theer are no additional flags required to destroy the old content of a file. Just open.

Ion Filipski

 

[ArkM]

Standard (ANSI/ISO) way to delete a file in C/C++: remove(path) function from <cstdio> (<stdio.h> in C) header.

 

[Cagliostro]

The initial question is:
>How do I make a program delete and recreate a file?

Ion Filipski

 

[Zyrenthian]

You can call :eleteFile(path) and then go through the steps to recreate.

Also, CFile or CStdioFile will truncate the file if you specify

CFile::modeCreate WITHOUT the CFile::modeNoTruncate flag

Matt