Thread: seach file.exe c windows help

hi guys look at my code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string.h>


char scanforexe( HANDLE ffind, WIN32_FIND_DATA ffdata){
    int i;
    ffind=FindFirstFile("*.exe*", &ffdata);
     i=strcmp("lilo3.exe",ffdata.cFileName);
     printf ("The first file found is  %s \n", ffdata.cFileName);
       while (FindNextFile(ffind, &ffdata) != 0 && (i!=0)) {
        printf("the next files are: %s \n",ffdata.cFileName);
         i=strcmp("lilo3.exe",ffdata.cFileName);


       }
       if(i==0){printf("  file found ");}
       return 0;
               }
char scanfloder(HANDLE ffind ,WIN32_FIND_DATA ffdata,char *dir){
         int i,j=strlen(dir);
          strcat(dir,"*.*");
                printf("%s\n",dir);
   printf("*********************************************************\n");
                    scanforexe( ffind, ffdata);
 printf("------------------------------------------------------------\n");
                     ffind=FindFirstFile("*.*", &ffdata);
                 printf ("The first floder found is %s \n", ffdata.cFileName);


                 while (FindNextFile(ffind, &ffdata) != 0 ) {
                if (ffdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
               {printf("the next floder is : %s \n",ffdata.cFileName);
                  if(strcmp(ffdata.cFileName,".")!=0 && strcmp(ffdata.cFileName,"..")!=0)
                  {
                     for( i=j;i<strlen(dir);i++){
                           dir[i]='\0';
                                     }
                      printf("%s\n",dir);
                  strcat(dir,ffdata.cFileName);

                SetCurrentDirectory(dir);
                  strcat(dir,"\\" ) ;
                   printf("%s\n",dir);
               printf("%s\n",ffdata.cFileName);
                  scanfloder(ffind,ffdata,dir);

                    }

                      }
          }


             FindClose(ffind);
              return 0;

}


int main(){
char *dir1="D:\\" ;
char *dir;
strcpy(dir,dir1);


WIN32_FIND_DATA ffdata;
HANDLE ffind;

SetCurrentDirectory(dir);
scanfloder(ffind,ffdata,dir);
return 0;
  }

the probleme is my code don't scan all the directory i don't know why plzzzzzz help
lilo.exe is the file that i look for

zilot, if I understand correctly you want your program to go through your current folder and subfolders recursively. It's not doing that because you cannot reuse a handle from one folder in another. Whenever you enter scanfolder, you must first execute a FindFirstFile on that folder, and don't forget to do a FindClose when exiting scanfolder. You should not be passing the parent folder's handle to scanfolder. Rather you should be passing the full path.

I don't think the SetCurrentDirectory has any effect on your program.

I hope that helps.