File name with slash

Asked Nov 21 '15 at 20:36

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In my program, I want to save file in current directory. File contains web page content and should be called as url, from where it has been downloaded. For example, if url is http://some.url/some-article, so file should be named "some.url/some-article.txt". I trying something like:

std::ofstream myfile;
myfile.open(fileName, std::ios::out);

It works perfectly, but when slash appears in fileName, file isn't created. I tried to escape slash (with '\'), but it does not work. Is it possible to save file with slashes in name?

Note: I want to name files like urls. I don't want to create directories.

edited Nov 21 '15 at 21:29

Arghya C

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asked Nov 21 '15 at 20:36

farvel

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[You can't have a file name with `/` in the name.](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1976007/what-characters-are-forbidden-in-windows-and-linux-directory-names) – Leiaz Nov 21 '15 at 20:41
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@Leiaz Depends on the operating system. OS X for instance allows this (and encodes it internally as `:` which is really confusing). But yeah, it’s a **very** bad idea. – Konrad Rudolph Nov 21 '15 at 20:42
@farvel, what you have as an OS? – Assem Nov 21 '15 at 20:43
no, this is not duplicate to what you designed – Assem Nov 21 '15 at 20:45
@bigOTHER, crossplatform, including windows – farvel Nov 21 '15 at 20:51
@Konrad Rudolph now i undestood... So, what do you fink is best delimiter instead of '\'? – farvel Nov 21 '15 at 20:57
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@farvel Well you *could* use subfolders. Otherwise, how about `_` or `-`? – Konrad Rudolph Nov 21 '15 at 20:59

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