Thread: List all files except "." and ".."

So I am trying to list all the files in a directory except for "." and "..", it seems simple enough. So I try this test program:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <dirent.h>

int main(int argc, char ** argv){
	DIR *dp;
	struct dirent *ep;
	dp = opendir (".");
	if (dp != 0) {
		while (ep = readdir(dp)) {
			if (ep->d_name == ".." || ep->d_name == ".") continue;
			printf("%s\n", ep->d_name);
		}
		(void) closedir (dp);
	}
}

But it doesn't work! ".." and "." are still listed!

What is wrong with my program?

You can't do string comparisons like that. Lookup strcmp that will do what you want.

Use strcmp() for comparing strings not "==".