Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 10:19:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: pad2369 <pad2369 AT iperbole DOT bologna DOT it>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, netrunnr9326 AT my-deja DOT com
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Subject: Re: File manipulation?
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

netrunnr9326 AT my-deja DOT com:
> I've been learning C++ in my spare time for a while 
> now, and I finally
> came up with a small program that would be useful 
> (albeit only to a few
> people)! I think it's all within my abilities except 
> I need some way to
> retrieve the names of files in directories, and get 
> the size & date,
> etc, of specific ones. I still can't do Windows apps, 
> so any solutions
> would have to be for DOS for me to utilize. Any help 
> in advance would
> be appreciated!

You can have a look at functions opendir() readdir()
and closedir(), which are Posix-compliant.

Otherwise you can use findfirst() and findnext(),
which are non-standard but quite common in 
other DOS compilers.

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