Thread: Searching for Directories?

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    Question Searching for Directories?

    Hey,
    I know how to search for files using findfirst() and findnext(). But that only works for files. How can I search for Directories using C++? I would be grateful to anybody who can help me out on this one.

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    Check out this page .

    You need to use FindFirstFile() and FindNextFile() and you can figure out if it's a directory like this :
    Code:
    if( win32FindData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) //not extension
    {
      // directory
    }
    Last edited by laasunde; 07-29-2003 at 10:04 AM.

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