API file (folder) Operation Summary: Copy and delete

//  Delete a file or folder  Bool Deletefile ( String  Strpath ){  Int Nlen = Strpath. Length ();  Char * Ppath = New   Char [Nlen + 2  ]; Strcpy (ppath, strpath. c_str (); ppath [nlen + 1 ] = ' \ 0  '  ; Shfileopstruct fileop = { 0  }; Fileop. fflags = //  Fof_allowundo |  //  Allow reuse to recycle bin Fof_noconfirmation | //  No confirmation dialog box appears Fof_noerrorui; //  No error dialog box appears Fileop. pfrom = Ppath; fileop. PTO = NULL; //  It must be null. Fileop. wfunc = fo_delete; //  Delete operation      Bool Bresult = (shfileoperation (& fileop) = 0  ); Delete [] ppath;  Return  Bresult ;}  //  Copy a file or folder  Bool Copyfile ( String Strfrom, String Strto ){  Int Nfromlen = Strfrom. Length ();  Int Ntolen = Strto. Length ();  Char * Pfrom = New   Char [Nfromlen + 2  ];  Char * PTO = New   Char [Ntolen + 2 ]; Strcpy (pfrom, strfrom. c_str (); strcpy (PTO, strto. c_str (); pfrom [nfromlen + 1 ] = '  \ 0  '  ; PTO [ntolen + 1 ] = '  \ 0  '  ; Shfileopstruct fileop = { 0  }; Fileop. fflags = Fof_noconfirmation | // No confirmation dialog box appears Fof_noconfirmmkdir; //  Create a folder directly when needed, without user confirmation Fileop. pfrom = Pfrom; fileop. PTO = PTO; fileop. wfunc = Fo_copy;  Bool Bresult = (shfileoperation (& fileop) = 0  ); Delete [] pfrom; Delete [] PTO;  Return  Bresult ;}  //  Move a file or folder Bool Movefile ( String Strfrom, String  Strto ){  Int Nfromlen = Strfrom. Length ();  Int Ntolen = Strto. Length ();  Char * Pfrom = New   Char [Nfromlen + 2  ];  Char * PTO =New   Char [Ntolen + 2  ]; Strcpy (pfrom, strfrom. c_str (); strcpy (PTO, strto. c_str (); pfrom [nfromlen + 1 ] = '  \ 0  '  ; PTO [ntolen + 1 ] = '  \ 0  '  ; Shfileopstruct fileop = {0  }; Fileop. fflags = Fof_noconfirmation | //  No confirmation dialog box appears Fof_noconfirmmkdir; //  Create a folder directly when needed, without user confirmation Fileop. pfrom = Pfrom; fileop. PTO = PTO; fileop. wfunc = Fo_move;  Bool Bresult = (shfileoperation (& fileop) = 0  ); Delete [] pfrom; Delete [] PTO; Return  Bresult ;}  //  From a named file or folder  Bool Renamefile ( String Strfrom, String  Strto ){  Int Nfromlen = Strfrom. Length ();  Int Ntolen = Strto. Length ();  Char * Pfrom = New  Char [Nfromlen + 2  ];  Char * PTO = New   Char [Ntolen + 2  ]; Strcpy (pfrom, strfrom. c_str (); strcpy (PTO, strto. c_str (); pfrom [nfromlen + 1 ] = '  \ 0  '  ; PTO [ntolen + 1 ] ='  \ 0  '  ; Shfileopstruct fileop = { 0  }; Fileop. fflags = Fof_noconfirmation; //  No confirmation dialog box appears Fileop. pfrom = Pfrom; fileop. PTO = PTO; fileop. wfunc = Fo_rename;  Bool Bresult = (shfileoperation (& fileop) = 0 ); Delete [] pfrom; Delete [] PTO;  Return  Bresult ;} 

 
The shfileoperation operation requires two '\ 0' relative paths, for example, ".. \ x. xml \ 0", including its own \ 0
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