I need your input! I'm bored as hell and for the past 2 hours I have been listing almost all the files in the system (Not in the subfolders). I need some help on what to put in my fake "Virus Scanner". I need options! So far, all I have is "Program Information", "Scan D" and "Scan C". I could use some ideas please! Nothing too advanced, I'm still kind of a beginner.

making it say its deleting stuff, and if you're using windows, use the "fullscreen" function for extra effect...

if you don't want to have explore too deeply into the folders try

obviously i've thought about this before. ;)

Nooo... I'm making a fake virus SCANNER and when it's done scanning it says "Fatal system error!" and "Viruses Found: 1543"

ah....

well then, here's an easier solution. ;)

system("tree C:\");

and for multiple drives (for example a drive E) you can use system("tree E:\");

how you get the drives from the user into the cstring i'll leave to you.

lol make the fake number 1337 instead... :D

???? tubapro12??? I don't get that command.... Deeper explanation please? And no ih8censorship, no 1337.... because I am not a hacker OR a l337 hacker. Sorry :)

system( char *) pass the char* string stright to the underlying OS to execute. In windows console, "tree STARTING_LOCATION" will cause it to print out in tree diagram form the directory & all its subdirectory (& its subdirectory etc. etc.)

Try typing it into a Command Prompt and you'll see.

Hmm I see. Thanks!

If you, for some reason, want to be able to scan the directory yourself (so you have access to names and such), you can use the DIR functions found in <dirent.h> and <sys/stat.h> (I think).
For a simple directory scanning funcion, I used struct: DIR, dirent, struct stat; functions: opendir(...), readdir(...), stat(...); and macro: S_ISDIR(...);
Google 'em if you want. I can also post the code for the ScanDir(...) function I made, but it's a total of 128 lines in 2 files (CPP and H).

Hmm I see...... Well thanks for the help deadimp