How do you list files in a directory?

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Chetan Santha

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I use dirent.h DIR *dir; struct dirent *ent; if ((dir = opendir ("c:\\src\\")) != NULL) { /* print all the files and directories within directory */ while ((ent = readdir (dir)) != NULL) { printf ("%s\n", ent->d_name); } closedir (dir); } else { /* could not open directory...
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I use dirent.h DIR *dir; struct dirent *ent; if ((dir = opendir ("c:\\src\\")) != NULL) { /* print all the files and directories within directory */ while ((ent = readdir (dir)) != NULL) { printf ("%s\n", ent->d_name); } closedir (dir); } else { /* could not open directory */ perror (""); return EXIT_FAILURE; } It is just a small header file and does most of the simple stuff you need without using a big template-based approach. read less
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Use opendir(), readdir(), and closedir() library functions defined in dirent.h header file
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ls -lrt or echo * or find . -type f
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for this you have to include "dirent.h"header file. This header file contains opendir() function which set and refers to directory , readdir() - reading file from directory and closedir() - closed open connection
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