auto *real = (base_dir + "/index.txt").c_str();
auto *bkp = (base_dir + "/index.txt.new").c_str();
remove(real);

auto *real = (base_dir + "/index.txt").c_str();
(gdb) n
auto *bkp = (base_dir + "/index.txt.new").c_str();
(gdb) n
remove(real);
(gdb) p real
$1 = 0x7060e8 "./ss-clientdir/index.txt.new"
(gdb) p bkp
$2 = 0x7060e8 "./ss-clientdir/index.txt.new"