How can I copy and paste a file in Windows using C++?

Question

I have googled this, but I am still confused about how to use it. I am making a file manager, and I want to be able t o copy and paste a file into a new directory. I know

Answer 1

Here is my implementation to copy a file, you should take a look at boost filesystem since that library will be part of the standard c++ library.

#include 
#include 

//C++98 implementation, this function returns true if the copy was successful, false otherwise.

bool copy_file(const char* From, const char* To, std::size_t MaxBufferSize = 1048576)
{
    std::ifstream is(From, std::ios_base::binary);
    std::ofstream os(To, std::ios_base::binary);

    std::pair buffer;
    buffer = std::get_temporary_buffer(MaxBufferSize);

    //Note that exception() == 0 in both file streams,
    //so you will not have a memory leak in case of fail.
    while(is.good() and os)
    {
       is.read(buffer.first, buffer.second);
       os.write(buffer.first, is.gcount());
    }

    std::return_temporary_buffer(buffer.first);

    if(os.fail()) return false;
    if(is.eof()) return true;
    return false;
}

#include 

int main()
{
   bool CopyResult = copy_file("test.in","test.out");

   std::boolalpha(std::cout);
   std::cout << "Could it copy the file? " << CopyResult << '\n';
}

The answer of Nisarg looks nice, but that solution is slow.