Subject: Re: find_first
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:06:09 -0800
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From: "Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis AT goplay DOT com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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>> What is the ANSI C equivelant of 'find_first()' for finding files 
that
>> match a pattern.  I am writing a tool (in DJGPP) which must run in
>> ms-dos and unix platforms. 
>
>There is no exact equivalent.  You'd have to use
>opendir/readdir/closedir and a separate pattern match like regex, 
none
>of which are ANSI (posix specifies them).

(Looking for an opinion)
Would it be better then, just to have the user do something like

dir *.GIF > files
or
ls *.GIF > files

Just wondering.

Tom


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