Thread: showing whats in folder

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    showing whats in folder

    hello there, i was wondering maybe anyone have any example of code, which would show the content of a folder, which path u enter? like i enter the path to the folder and then it prints everything, that's in the folder?
    Last edited by apisio; 11-21-2009 at 06:39 AM.

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    btw, i'm just working with console application.. :P

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    Make some system calls.

    Example:

    Code:
         #include <stdio.h>
         #include <sys/types.h>
         #include <dirent.h>
         
         int
         main (void)
         {
           DIR *dp;
           struct dirent *ep;
         
           dp = opendir ("./");
           if (dp != NULL)
             {
               while (ep = readdir (dp))
                 puts (ep->d_name);
               (void) closedir (dp);
             }
           else
             perror ("Couldn't open the directory");
         
           return 0;
         }
    Simple Directory Lister - The GNU C Library

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    Thank you, seaking1. This is perfect example for me. how can i change the directory? is it this *dp one?

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    The dp = opendir ("./"); is where the starting directory is named.

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