Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:58:16 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Marc Brooker <quazar AT freemail DOT co DOT za>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Files In A Directory
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On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Marc Brooker wrote:

> I need to write a simple program to count the files in a directory, I
> am currently using a program that is passed
> count *.*
> and it outputs the number of arguements, is there a better way to do
> this?

I think this is the best way, unless this is a class assignment and they 
actually want you to write some code that accesses the directory.

Note that in DJGPP, *.* only expands to files that actually have an 
extension.  If you want all files, use just * without the dot and the 
second asterisk.

Another gotcha is that this will not count files with hidden/system 
attributes, since the startup code that expands the wildcards skips them.
(There are ways to force it to not skip them, in case you need that.)

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