How do i make a program display the time in a txt file every 2min?

[Nitrosolid]

I want to make a program that displays the time every 2 min in a txt file but idk how to do it.I wrote this but it doesn't do the desired effect it only writes the time once.

  #include <time.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

void Time();



int main ()
{
    time_t rawtime;
    time (&rawtime);

    ofstream myfile;
    myfile.open ("example.txt");
    myfile << "The current local time is: " << ctime (&rawtime) << endl;
    myfile.close();

    Time();
    Sleep(200);
    Time();




}

void Time()
{
    time_t rawtime;
    time (&rawtime);

         ofstream myfile;
    myfile.open ("example.txt");
    myfile << "The current local time is: \n" << ctime (&rawtime) << endl;
    myfile.close();

}

[Dy7SLyTq]

if your on linux: just cron it. if your on windows: i have a console hide function i think ( i cant remember if i got rid of it) and you can just have it continuosly run in the background and have it write to file every 2 mins

[Nitrosolid]

Yeah i would like it to.I want the time to be written in the file like.

1:43AM

*2 min later*

1:44AM

and all 2 times still there.

Thats what i want.Any idea how to go about doing that?

[Dy7SLyTq]

are you on linux or windows?

[Hzj jie]

since your code will exit after you write it.
several problems,
1. the Sleep is in milliseconds, 1 second = 1000 milliseconds, so Sleep(2000)
2. write two calls of Time() function cannot help to run it forever, you can try
while(true)
{
Time();
Sleep(2000);
}
instead
3. you can also try to use for in windows cmd, for /L %i in (0,0,1) do (your_app.exe)

[Nitrosolid]

I am on Windows.

Hzj jie i want it to keep writing the time every so minutes. until the program is closed.