C / C++ / MFC

This N00b needs help please

3-May-04 19:20

first of all, a file is just a stream of bytes. so to transfer the file, you need to read all the bytes of the file, and send them down your socket. Most likely, you'd read it in blocks and send the blocks down. eg 2048 bytes. On the other end, you need to be able to put that file back together. so you need to also send down the name of the file.

ftp is much easier. call the ftp process.
ftp -s:filename takes a file with ftp commands

Re: to transfer a file

Antti Keskinen3-May-04 21:11

Antti Keskinen

3-May-04 21:11

The answer to your question is to use the CSocket class.

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MrNiceBerG3-May-04 18:31

3-May-04 18:31

Well I'm trying to get the system time and make it a number. I want to do this so I can later compare the number with another instance of basically the same thing. For those you are wondering I'm trying to write a simple parking garage program. I'm having a hard time making the time a number. Thank you for your help and time.

Maxwell Chen3-May-04 18:40

Maxwell Chen

3-May-04 18:40

Would this function help?

#include <ctime>
time_t time(time_t*);

Maxwell Chen

MrNiceBerG3-May-04 19:43

3-May-04 19:43

I don't think it helped. I will be painfully honest here. I don't exactly understand how to use this function.

Vadim Tabakman3-May-04 19:48

3-May-04 19:48

I think what Maxwell Chen means, is that time_t is defined as a number.

You said you wanted the time as a number. It is defined as :
typedef long time_t;

so it is a long and therefore you can treat it as you want to.

MrNiceBerG3-May-04 19:50

3-May-04 19:50

So I would just call time_t? I have an array that I'm trying to store the number in so I can later go back and compare it. In order to accomplish this must I do something like
i is the part of the array I'm using.

array[i] = time_t;

Vadim Tabakman3-May-04 20:03

3-May-04 20:03

here is a better example :

#include <ctime>
time_t clock;

time(&clock);

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"clock" is a variable of type time_t
time is a function you call to populate the variable "clock"

once you do that, you can do this :
array[i] = clock;

MrNiceBerG3-May-04 20:09

3-May-04 20:09

Both time_t clock and time(&clock) are both included? I'm under the assumption they are part of the header file.

Vadim Tabakman3-May-04 20:16

3-May-04 20:16

#include <time.h>

void MyClass::SomeFunction()
{

time_t clock; // this is creating a variable called clock

time(&clock); // calling a function called time

array[i] = clock; // sets the position i of array to the clock value

}

i hope that clears it up a bit for you

MrNiceBerG3-May-04 20:17

3-May-04 20:17

Yes it does. Thank you very much

Vadim Tabakman3-May-04 20:19