findfirst

im struggling to get findfirst to work in C++ i am using Microsoft Visual C++. Trying to fing all gifs in a directory. I found this following code is the general way of achieving this....

Code:

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#include <dos.h>
#include <iostream>
        int done;
        struct ffblk ffblk;
        done = findfirst("*.gif",&ffblk,0);
              while(!done){
                    cout<<ffblk.ff_name;
              }
return 0;
}

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where am i going wrong? and how can i change directories?

Read the FAQ

Quote:

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#include <dos.h>

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VC++ compilers, and all other 32-bit compilers, do not suport any of the functions in dos.h. So you might as well delete that line from your program because it won't compile.

To get a list of all the files in a directory, use _findfirst() and _findnext(), or FindFirstFile() and FileNextFile(). see www.msdn.microsoft.com or google for function details.

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