Thread: how to write a program that will behave much the same as the DIR command in DOS

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    how to write a program that will behave much the same as the DIR command in DOS

    Assume the help page of the dir command looks like this.

    DIR [-a[attributes]] [-b] [-o[[:]sortorder]] [-p] [-q] [-t[[:]timefield]] [-w] [path] [filename/dirname]

    [path] [filename] Specify directory, and-or file to list
    -a Display files with specific attributes
    [attributes] d directories r read only files h hidden files
    -b Use bare format (no heading information)
    -o List by files in sorted order.
    [sortorder] n by name (alphabetic) s by size g group directories d by date-time (oldest first)
    -p Pause after each successful (24 lines) of information
    -q Display the owner of the file
    -s Displays files in specific directory and all sub directories
    -t Controls which time field is displayed
    [time field] a last time accessed w last written
    -w Use wide list formatAssume the help page of the dir command looks like this.

    DIR [-a[attributes]] [-b] [-o[[:]sortorder]] [-p] [-q] [-t[[:]timefield]] [-w] [path] [filename/dirname]

    [path] [filename] Specify directory, and-or file to list
    -a Display files with specific attributes
    [attributes] d directories r read only files h hidden files
    -b Use bare format (no heading information)
    -o List by files in sorted order.
    [sortorder] n by name (alphabetic) s by size g group directories d by date-time (oldest first)
    -p Pause after each successful (24 lines) of information
    -q Display the owner of the file
    -s Displays files in specific directory and all sub directories
    -t Controls which time field is displayed
    [time field] a last time accessed w last written
    -w Use wide list format

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    The trick is to use something called "Command Line Arguments"

    Tutorial -> Command Line Arguments in C - Cprogramming.com
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    I would use opendir and readdir from dirent.h. It works on UNIX as well as Windows with MinGW. You might be interested in this thread which shows an example:

    How can I get a list of files in a directory using C or C++? - Stack Overflow

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