On Windows is there an interface for Copying Folders? - c++

Question

I want to copy folder A and paste to desktop.
I am currently using C++ so preferably an OO interface if available.

Answer 1

On Windows (Win32), you could use SHFileOperation, eg:
SHFILEOPSTRUCT s = { 0 };
s.hwnd = m_hWnd;
s.wFunc = FO_COPY;
s.fFlags = FOF_SILENT;
s.pTo = "C:\\target folder\0";
s.pFrom = "C:\\source folder\\*\0";
SHFileOperation(&s);

Answer 2

Use this
bool CopyDirTo( const wstring& source_folder, const wstring& target_folder )
{
wstring new_sf = source_folder + L"\\*";
WCHAR sf[MAX_PATH+1];
WCHAR tf[MAX_PATH+1];
wcscpy_s(sf, MAX_PATH, new_sf.c_str());
wcscpy_s(tf, MAX_PATH, target_folder.c_str());
sf[lstrlenW(sf)+1] = 0;
tf[lstrlenW(tf)+1] = 0;
SHFILEOPSTRUCTW s = { 0 };
s.wFunc = FO_COPY;
s.pTo = tf;
s.pFrom = sf;
s.fFlags = FOF_SILENT | FOF_NOCONFIRMMKDIR | FOF_NOCONFIRMATION | FOF_NOERRORUI | FOF_NO_UI;
int res = SHFileOperationW( &s );
return res == 0;
}

Answer 3

Starting with Visual Studio 2015 you can use std::filesystem::copy which is even platform independent since it is available in implementations supporting >= C++17.
#include <exception>
#include <experimental/filesystem> // C++-standard filesystem header file in VS15, VS17.
#include <iostream>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem; // experimental for VS15, VS17.
/*! Copies all contents of path/to/source/directory to path/to/target/directory.
*/
int main()
{
fs::path source = "path/to/source/directory";
fs::path targetParent = "path/to/target";
auto target = targetParent / source.filename(); // source.filename() returns "directory".
try // If you want to avoid exception handling then use the error code overload of the following functions.
{
fs::create_directories(target); // Recursively create target directory if not existing.
fs::copy(source, target, fs::copy_options::recursive);
}
catch (std::exception& e) // Not using fs::filesystem_error since std::bad_alloc can throw too.
{
std::cout << e.what();
}
}
Change the behaviour of fs::copy with std::filesystem::copy_options. I've used std::filesystem::path::filename to retrieve the source directory name without having to type it manually.

Answer 4

(assuming Windows)
Use can use ShFileOperation (or IFileOperation::CopyItem on Vista).
Max.

Answer 5

For a platform agnostic solution, I'd suggest Boost::filesystem. That link is basically the reference material. There is a copy_file method that copies a file from one location to another.
On Windows, the desktop is a special folder:
// String buffer for holding the path.
TCHAR strPath[ MAX_PATH ];
// Get the special folder path.
SHGetSpecialFolderPath(
0, // Hwnd
strPath, // String buffer.
CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, // CSLID of folder
FALSE ); // Create if doesn't exists?

Answer 6

Here's an example using SHFileOperation:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776887%28VS.85%29.aspx#example
Here's a quick hack without it:
#import <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
system("robocopy \"C:\\my\\folder\" \"%userprofile%\\desktop\\\" /MIR");
return 0;
}

Answer 7

it works
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
system("xcopy C:\\Users\\Elmi\\Desktop\\AAAAAA\ C:\\Users\\Elmi\\Desktop\\b\ /e /i /h");
return 0;
}