ls -l help

[Rhidian]

I currently have this code:

void printdir(char *dir, int depth)
{
    DIR *dp;
    struct dirent *entry;
    struct stat statbuf;
    
    FILE *file;  /* declare a FILE pointer  */
    file = fopen("outputs.txt", "w");
     
	if((dp = opendir(dir)) == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr,"cannot open directory: %s\n", dir);
        return;
    }
    chdir(dir);
    
while((entry = readdir(dp)) != NULL) {
        if(S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode)) {
            /* Found a directory, but ignore . and .. */
            if(strcmp(".",entry->d_name) == 0 ||
                strcmp("..",entry->d_name) == 0)
                continue;
            printf("%*s%s/\n",depth,"",entry->d_name);
	    fprintf(file,"%*s%s/\n",depth,"",entry->d_name);
	    
            /* Recurse at a new indent level */
            printdir(entry->d_name,depth+4);
        }
        else printf("%*s%s\n",depth,"",entry->d_name);
	fprintf(file,"%*s%s\n",depth,"",entry->d_name);
    }
    chdir("..");
    closedir(dp);
}

For some reason it doesn't seem to enter directories and print out there contents as intended.

[Salem]

Well reopening the output file in each recursive instance won't be good.

> else printf("%*s%s\n",depth,"",entry->d_name);
> fprintf(file,"%*s%s\n",depth,"",entry->d_name);
Always use braces - one of these statements is not part of the else

[Rhidian]

Thanx I think I will go with to directory's any chance of help in trying to display file size, permissions etc

[Salem]

> void printdir(char *dir, int depth)
Well I would change this to
void printdir(char *dir, int depth, FILE *fp)

That is, you pass in the opened file where you want all the output to go.

Then you can do

FILE *fp = fopen( "file.txt", "w" );
printdir( ".", 0, fp );  // to file
printdir( ".", 0, stdout ); // to screen

> /* Recurse at a new indent level */
> printdir(entry->d_name,depth+4);
I think I would just put the two chdir() calls around this, since you may need to chdir into several sub-directories within a given directory.

BTW, this is in the FAQ
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1044780608