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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:24:15 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: getting all filename in sub-directory
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chongkong AT my-deja DOT com wrote:
> 
> is there any sample code to do a recursive process for file of a
> certain extension from a parent directory and its sub-directory?
> 
> i thinking of using system("dir > tmpfilename")
> and then checking tmpfilename.
> 
> or is there a much better way
> 
> but i really have no clue on how to go on and search all the sub-
> directory

How about the (also unportable, unfortunately):

glob_t g;
int i;
glob(".../*.ext", 0, NULL, &g);
for (i = 0; i < g.gl_pathc; i++)
	process_file(g.gl_pathv[i]);

Error handling is left as an exercise.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com