It is necessary to execute a command like

dir C:\*.txt /b/s >> D:\1.txt

that is, search for files by mask and save the results to the file 1.txt on disk D.

I tried through system() and ShelExecute , nothing happened. Can anyone help? Maybe there is another way, other than running a DOS command?

It is important that after launching nothing pops up, that is, the program silently performs the search and writes the results to a file.

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Using boost (cross platform):

 #include "boost/filesystem.hpp" #include <iostream> int main() { boost::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator last; for (boost::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator d("."); d != last; ++d) { // TODO: Вывести *d в какой-нибудь файл } }

Using the Windows API (FindFirstFile, FindNextFile, FindClose): Listing the Files in a Directory .