findnextdirectory?

there is a function FindFirstFile() and FindNextFile in win32. I need something similar but with FindFirstDirectory() and FindNextDirectory. Can anyone lead me in the right direction. Thank you for your time.

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yourWin32FindData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)

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The idea is simple. Folders or directories do not have any .extensions. So you could read all files into an array and filter out all the ones with dot extensions.

However, a more reliable way would be to use this example, taken from adrianxw's site.

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    HANDLE hFind;
    WIN32_FIND_DATA FindData;

    cout << "A very basic FindFirst/Next demo.\n" << endl;

    // Find the first file

    hFind = FindFirstFile("C:\\*.*", &FindData);
   


    while (FindNextFile(hFind, &FindData))
    {
      //cout << FindData.cFileName;
        if (FindData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
        {
            cout << FindData.cFileName;
            cout << " File is a directory!";
            cout << endl;
        }
       
   

    }

// Close the file handle

    FindClose(hFind);
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

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Just as a side note you can easily make directory's and remove as well using this example...

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/* MAKEDIR.C */

#include <direct.h> //need this baby
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main( )

{
 
    _mkdir( "c:\\treenef" );
 
      printf( "Directory '\\treenef' was successfully created\n" );
     
      //To remove the directory uncomment below
      //if( _rmdir( "c:\\treenef" ) == 0 )
      //printf( "Directory '\\treenef' was successfully removed\n"  );
     
 
 
  system("pause");
  return 0;
}

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Originally Posted by treenef

The idea is simple. Folders or directories do not have any .extensions.

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Since when? There are no such restrictions. You can create folder names with extensions if you want to -- and they can have more than one period also. And file and folder names can begin with a period just the same as in *nix. Checking for the absense of the period is no way to determine whether the name is a folder or not.

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Since when? There are no such restrictions.

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Oops.

Good point. I guess you'll just have to stick to the examples given above then.