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I am trying to write a program that goes system("dir"); the copies the results onto a text file. However I dont know how to get the results of system("dir"); to the text file. I am very new to c++ so any help would be appreciated.

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The easiest solution is to use redirection straight from the command string:

std::system ( "dir > test.txt" );
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thanks that works

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