How to access directory files in C?

Question

I'm trying to add all the files in the current directory to my implemented archive. What function(s) could I use to access all these files? After doing some research online and in the man pages, all I have found is simple I/O like read, write, close, etc.

Answer 1

In Unix, readdir ; in Windows, see here for FindFirstFile(). Then go file by file in a loop and do what you want.

Answer 2

This web page seems to have what you want.

http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_mono/libc.html#Opening-a-Directory

Answer 3

You can try with this.

main() {
   DIR *d;
   struct dirent *e;

   e=malloc(sizeof(struct dirent));
   d=opendir("<your_directory_name>");

   while ((e = readdir(d)) != NULL) {
      printf("%d %s\n", e->d_type, e->d_name);
   }

   closedir(d);
}