RE: [Dev-C++] Time stamping an output file.

[Benjamin W. <ben...@ho...>]

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<P>Morning,</P>
<P>First of all, thanks again Ioannis and Jason for the suggestions.</P>
<P>Secondly, I figured if anyone were interested, below is how I solved this time stamp problem.&nbsp; It is not portable to a Unix/Unix-based platform, but since the job on my end runs on an NT platform...it serves the purpose that I need it to serve.</P>
<P>/*DATE STAMP TEST PROGRAM*/</P>
<P>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;<BR>#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;<BR>#include &lt;time.h&gt;</P>
<P>int main()<BR>{<BR>&nbsp; FILE*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; testfile ;<BR>&nbsp; char*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PtrToFname ;<BR>&nbsp; char&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FileName[27] ;<BR>&nbsp; time_t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CurTime ;<BR>&nbsp; struct tm* datetime ;</P>
<P>&nbsp; CurTime = time( NULL ) ;<BR>&nbsp; datetime = localtime( &amp;CurTime ) ;</P>
<P>&nbsp; strftime( FileName, 27, "C:\\temp\\hsloan%Y%m%d.txt", datetime ) ;</P>
<P>&nbsp; printf( "%s", FileName ) ;</P>
<P>&nbsp; PtrToFname = FileName ;</P>
<P>&nbsp; testfile = fopen( PtrToFname, "w" ) ;<BR>&nbsp; if( testfile == NULL )<BR>&nbsp; {<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; printf( "\nUNABLE TO CREATE OUTPUT FILE! (ABNORMAL TERMINATION)\n" ) ;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; exit( 0 ) ;<BR>&nbsp; }</P>
<P>&nbsp; fclose( testfile ) ;</P>
<P>&nbsp; return 0 ;<BR>}<BR><BR>Thanks again everyone.</P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>Benjamin Wheeless</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2><STRONG>Network Systems - Delta Airlines, Inc.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows---- 
<DIV></DIV>From: "Ioannis Vranos" <NO...@YA...>
<DIV></DIV>To: "Dev-C++" <DEV...@LI...>
<DIV></DIV>Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Time stamping an output file. 
<DIV></DIV>Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:18:48 +0200 
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<DIV></DIV>I am sorry obviously i did not understand the question. I thought you 
<DIV></DIV>wanted to manipulate the date/time stamp of the files, but you wanted to 
<DIV></DIV>put a string to the filename. You can use the functions ctime() and 
<DIV></DIV>time() of time.h in the style: 
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<DIV></DIV>#include <STDIO.H>
<DIV></DIV>#include <STDLIB.H>
<DIV></DIV>#include <STRING.H>
<DIV></DIV>#include <TIME.H>
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<DIV></DIV>int main(void) 
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<DIV></DIV>char filename[]="some filename - "; 
<DIV></DIV>time_t tp=time(NULL); 
<DIV></DIV>char *s=ctime(&amp;tp); 
<DIV></DIV>char *newname=malloc(strlen(filename)+strlen(s)+1); 
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<DIV></DIV>if(!newname) 
<DIV></DIV>return EXIT_FAILURE; 
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<DIV></DIV>strcpy(newname, filename); 
<DIV></DIV>strcat(newname, s); 
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<DIV></DIV>puts(newname); 
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<DIV></DIV>return 0; 
<DIV></DIV>} 
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<DIV></DIV>Keep in mind that this operation is portable, that is it works 
<DIV></DIV>everywhere. 
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<DIV></DIV>Ioannis 
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<DIV></DIV>* Ioannis Vranos 
<DIV></DIV>* Programming pages: 
<DIV></DIV>http://www.noicys.d2g.com 
<DIV></DIV>* Alternative URL: http://run.to/noicys 
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<DIV></DIV>-----Original Message----- 
<DIV></DIV>From: dev...@li... 
<DIV></DIV>[mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Ioannis 
<DIV></DIV>Vranos 
<DIV></DIV>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:42 PM 
<DIV></DIV>To: Dev-C++ 
<DIV></DIV>Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Time stamping an output file. 
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<DIV></DIV>You can do it with win32 api: 
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<DIV></DIV>Syntax 
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<DIV></DIV>#include <IO.H>
<DIV></DIV>int getftime(int handle, struct ftime *ftimep); 
<DIV></DIV>int setftime(int handle, struct ftime *ftimep); 
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