Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:31:54 +0200 (MET DST)
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, Gabriel Ortiz Lour <lour AT softone DOT com DOT br>
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Subject: Re: directory structure.
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Gabriel Ortiz Lour <lour AT softone DOT com DOT br>:

> What is a good method for searching for files in a 
given
> directory and for the directories in the root? 


You can use findfirst/findnext functions, like this:

----- 8< -----
/* warning: untested code */
struct ffblk F;
int flag;

/* search for all .txt files in directory c:\mydir */
flag = findfirst("c:\\mydir\\*.txt", &F, 0);
while (!flag) {
    // information for the file are in structure F
    // do whatever you need...
    printf("%s\n", F.ff_name);

    flag = findnext(&F);
}
----- 8< -----

Iff you need to find all directories in the root you
replace the call to findfirt like this:

    flag = findfirst("c:\\*.*", &F, FA_DIREC);

More info can be found in the C library documentation
(type "info libc alpha findfirst" at command prompt)

You can also look at function ftw(), which allows you 
to traverse all sub-directories of a give directory,
like some sort of "recursive findfirst/next" 

> When I found my self in trouble, someone came to me 
with words of
> wisdom...
>     write in C!

Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
BASIC's not the answer.
Write in C.

ciao
  Giacomo
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Giacomo Degli Esposti - pad2369 AT iperbole DOT bologna DOT it