How to rename files in a directory?

Question

Programming

Hello.
In any folder, using C ++, you need to rename all the files according to a certain rule. How to get filename and change it?
OS: Windows 8.1

Answer 1

opendir + readdir + closedir or findfirst + findnext
rename

Answer 2

TSearchRec Search;
      AnsiString Path = "C:\\Windows";
      if (FindFirst(Path + "\\*", faDirectory, Search) == 0) {
        do {
          if
          (Search.Name == "." || Search.Name == ".." )
            continue;
          if (Search.FindData.dwFileAttributes &
            FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
            // Если это папка
            //
          }
          else {
            //копируем файл с новым именем
                                                CopyFile((Path+"\\"+Search.Name).t_str(),(Path+"\\"+newName).t_str(), 0);
                                                //Удаляем файл со старым именем
                                                //Запоминаем путь к файлу, который нужно удалить и после того как освободим Search удаляем.
          };
        }
        while (FindNext(Search) == 0);
        FindClose(Search);
      };

Answer 3

or use OS commands.
or so you can:

#include <stdio.h>
      rename (char *oldname, char *newname);       /* ANSI */

Answer 4

Remaining within the framework of the standard (C++03, C++11 or the upcoming C++1y) it is impossible to get the name of already existing files.
You have many libraries to choose from, the most famous are Qt and boost

Answer 5

By pressing F2 or by typing in CMD rename