SHFileOperation/SHFILEOPSTRUCT - c++

Question

Im trying to copy a directory to a new location. So I am using SHFileOperation/SHFILEOPSTRUCT as follows:
SHFILEOPSTRUCT sf;
memset(&sf,0,sizeof(sf));
sf.hwnd = 0;
sf.wFunc = FO_COPY;
dirName += "\\*.*";
sf.pFrom = dirName.c_str();
string copyDir = homeDir + "\\CopyDir";
sf.pTo = copyDir.c_str();
sf.fFlags = FOF_NOCONFIRMATION | FOF_NOCONFIRMMKDIR | FOF_NOERRORUI;
int n = SHFileOperation(&sf);
if(n != 0)
{
int x = 0;
}
So I set the values as above. There is a file I created in the folder (I have closed the Handle so it should be fine to move). The SHFileOperation call is returning 2, but I cant find anywhere where these error codes are explained. Does anyone know where I can find out what 2 means, or does anyone have any ideas why it might not be working? Cheers

Answer 1

Error code 2 means The system cannot find the file specified.
See Windows System Error Codes for full listing of error descriptions, or write a function that will obtain the description for the error code:
std::string error_to_string(const DWORD a_error_code)
{
// Get the last windows error message.
char msg_buf[1025] = { 0 };
// Get the error message for our os code.
if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
0,
a_error_code,
0,
msg_buf,
sizeof(msg_buf) - 1,
0))
{
// Remove trailing newline character.
char* nl_ptr = 0;
if (0 != (nl_ptr = strchr(msg_buf, '\n')))
{
*nl_ptr = '\0';
}
if (0 != (nl_ptr = strchr(msg_buf, '\r')))
{
*nl_ptr = '\0';
}
return std::string(msg_buf);
}
return std::string("Failed to get error message");
}
From reading the documentation for SHFileOperation the strings specified for pTo and pFrom must be double null terminated: yours are only singly null terminated. Try the following:
dirName.append(1, '\0');
sf.pFrom = dirName.c_str();
string copyDir = homeDir + "\\CopyDir";
copyDir.append(1, '\0');
sf.pTo = copyDir.c_str();