I created this application some years ago to help me test out sending out of email in my php programs.

How It Works:
- It allows you to make use of the PHP mail function on your local test server
- It pipes the mail into a local database on the system
- I now created a php/mysql application for checking the emails, deleting and all that

Status: It works just fine, but i want to make it easy for others to download and use

Reason for thread:
- The codes are dirty, i did much of hardcoding because i am not so good with c/c++, i am more of a webmaster, but use vb6.0 best
- But i wanted something lightweight and fast with as little dependency as possible.


Platform: Codes with CodeBlocks


Source code:

[img]http://tools..net/v/OzVvPiEgLC0qMSI/OA==[/img]




The program is called from a pipe by the wamp server, this means that external programs and files need their
full pathnames.

Problem 1 - line 14
- Here i need to open output.txt which lies inside the same folder as the executable.
This means that i need a code that will be get the absolute app of where the app is running.

Problem 2 - line 20
I need to call the save.bat with the absolute path of the application similar to problem 1.

can you please say exactly what it is you are trying to do. you seem to be trying to write a certain string into "output.txt" that is located relatively to the folder the executable is in. for that, just use the name of your file.

here is what I'd do in C++

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

/*Assuming you are trying to write a character of size BUFFERSIZE into
a file called "output.txt"*/
using namespace std;
#define BUFFERSIZE 1
int main()
{
char buffer[BUFFERSIZE];

fstream myFile;//create handle for the file stream
myFile.open("output.txt", ios::out);//open it and set the mode to output

if(myFile.is_open()){//check if file is open
myFile << buffer;//print to file
}

myFile.close();//close stream

system("aBatch.bat";
return 0;
}

Now i tried it that way, but for some reasons, i suspect it is because of the way the sendmail executable is called, writing to output.txt without using a full path causes it to use an entirely different folder rather than the application folder - that is why i need the full path.

After searching again, i just got these codes, i will try it shortly and see the results.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

using namespace std;

int main (int argc, char **argv) {

char the_path[256];

getcwd(the_path, 255);

printf("%s\n", the_path);
}

Even that did not work,


#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>


#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include "process.h"


#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define BUFFERSIZE 1

using namespace std;

int main (int argc, char **argv) {

char the_path[256];
getcwd(the_path, 255);


unsigned char buffer[BUFFERSIZE];
int bytes_read=0;
int buffer_size=0;


FILE * myfile;


myfile = fopen (strcat(the_path, "\\output2.txt","w";
myfile = fopen ("/wamp/sendmail/output.txt","w";


buffer_size=sizeof(unsigned char)*BUFFERSIZE;
/* open stdin for reading */
while((bytes_read=fread(&buffer, buffer_size, 1, stdin))==buffer_size){
fprintf(myfile, "%c", buffer[0]);
}
//close output file
fclose(myfile);

system("/wamp/sendmail/save.bat";
}

When i searched for the location of the output2.txt - i discovered it was located in the apache folder.

c:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.2.11/apache.exe is the one that is calling the pipe on c:/wamp/sendmail/sendmail.exe
So i need a code that will help me to get the path c:/wamp/sendmail/ - if this were to be a visual basic 6 program, app.path will have done it.

But here, it seems the current working directory belongs to the piping program, so i am still stuck here. Mission Impossible 5.

I tried again using windows.h and this time it appears to work:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>


#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include "process.h"

#include <tchar.h>
#include <Windows.h>

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define BUFFERSIZE 1

using namespace std;

int main (int argc, char **argv) {

char the_path[256];
getcwd(the_path, 255);


unsigned char buffer[BUFFERSIZE];
int bytes_read=0;
int buffer_size=0;


FILE * myfile;

TCHAR szEXEPath[2048];
GetModuleFileName ( NULL, szEXEPath, 2048 );


myfile = fopen (strcat(szEXEPath, ".txt","w";
//myfile = fopen ("/wamp/sendmail/output.txt","w";


buffer_size=sizeof(unsigned char)*BUFFERSIZE;
/* open stdin for reading */
while((bytes_read=fread(&buffer, buffer_size, 1, stdin))==buffer_size){
fprintf(myfile, "%c", buffer[0]);
}
//close output file
fclose(myfile);

//system("/wamp/sendmail/save.bat";
system(strcat(szEXEPath, ".bat");
}

Yipee, next i need to know how to load a remote url from inside the program without opening a browser, i want to eliminate the call to the batch file.

I was able to use the curl stuff to handle that. Next, i will clean up the php/mysql codes a bit, and start testing it across the popular local servers:-
wamp, xamp and others. . .

seems you fixed it urself. Gud for u

Thanks, i have been trying to do this particular fix for months, but it was not that straight forward at all. Thanks for volunteering to help.