C / C++ / MFC

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <array>

std::string exec(const char* cmd) {
    std::array<char, 128> buffer;
    std::string result;
    std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&_pclose)> pipe(_popen(cmd, "r"), _pclose);
    if (!pipe) {
        throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");
    }
    while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe.get()) != nullptr) {
        result += buffer.data();
    }
    return result;
}

void replaceString(std::string& subject, const std::string& search,
    const std::string& replace) {
    size_t pos = 0;
    while ((pos = subject.find(search, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
        subject.replace(pos, search.length(), replace);
        pos += replace.length();
    }
}

void main() {
    std::string index = exec("wmic bootconfig get description");
    index = index.at(index.find_last_of("\\") - 1);
    std::string modelSerialNumber = "wmic diskdrive where DeviceID='\\\\\\\\.\\\\PHYSICALDRIVE" + index + "' get model,serialnumber";
    modelSerialNumber = exec(modelSerialNumber.c_str());
    replaceString(modelSerialNumber, "Model", "");
    replaceString(modelSerialNumber, "SerialNumber", "");
    replaceString(modelSerialNumber, " ", "");
    std::cout << modelSerialNumber;
}

diskdrive where DeviceID='\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE0'

David Crow wrote:

diskdrive where DeviceID='\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE0'produces a result that can be parsed.
In C/C++, each of those backslashes needs to be escaped (with a backslash).

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

The problem goes back to the first days of MS-DOS, when they chose the backslash for the path separator,

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

Microsoft could have addressed this when they created the first version of Windows, but obviously no one thought it important.

JohnCodding wrote:

Any help is appreciated!

Calin Negru wrote:

C++

// I’m not sure what comes next
int *** PointerLvl3 = &PointerLvl2;

Calin Negru wrote:

***PointerInd2 = 31; // just a guess

**PointerInd2 = 31;

Calin Negru wrote:

you believe it’s a typical pointer you’re dealing with.