_findfirst in MicroSoft C

[jesvh]

Hello :

In MicroSoft C/C++ , there are functions ( _findfirst, _findnext ... )
used to look for files with wildcard characters , but none of them
exist in Unix C/C++ .

example :

find all files named like "demo_*.*"

Are there similar functions exist in Unix C/C++ ? ( don't use system() function )

If not , how to implement them with simplest methods ?

Thanks !!

----- jesvh

[PaulWendt]

#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
   FILE* pSearch;
   FILE* popen();
   char   buffer[2048] = {0};

   if ((pSearch = popen("ls -al", "r")) != NULL)
   {
      fscanf(buffer, "%s", pSearch);
      pclose(pSearch);
   }
}

[Paul McKenzie]

Originally posted by jesvh
Hello :

In MicroSoft C/C++ , there are functions ( _findfirst, _findnext ... )
used to look for files with wildcard characters , but none of them
exist in Unix C/C++ .

example :

find all files named like "demo_*.*"

Are there similar functions exist in Unix C/C++ ? ( don't use system() function )

If not , how to implement them with simplest methods ?

Thanks !!

----- jesvh

The functions you are looking for are opendir(), readdir(), and closedir().

Here is a link:

http://www.tac.eu.org/cgi-bin/man-cgi?readdir+3

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[jesvh]

Thanks !!

It help great !!