Read all files in a specified directory

[hkl]

Hi, I am using VC++ 6.0 to write a Win32 console app. Does anyone know how I can read all the file names in a directory if user specifies the directory for input file(s)? Thanks a lot!

[Joel Holdsworth]

try doing...

_finddata_t fileinfo;
long hFile;

_chdir( --dirname-- );

if( (hFile = _findfirst( "*", &fileinfo )) == -1L )
--- no files in director ---
else
{
do
{
--- called per file ---
fileinfo.name contains the filname!

} while( _findnext( hFile, &fileinfo ) == 0 );

_findclose( hFile );
}

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[vcplusplus]

CFileFind finder;
BOOL bWorking = finder.FindFile("*.*");
while (bWorking)
{
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();
cout << (LPCTSTR) finder.GetFileName() << endl;
}

[hkl]

Wow~! Thanks so much, guys! Joel Holdsworth wrote: _chdir( --dirname-- ); May I know what _chdir is? or what it means? Is it part of the fileinfo structure? Because I got an error msg for this. thanks again.:-D

[hkl]

Thanks. But CFileFind doesn't work in my case. I am only writing a console app, not MFC. (Or may be CFileFind can apply, but I don't know how.) :)

[georgiek50]

Try this:HANDLE hFile; WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd; hFile = FindFirstFile("*.*", &wfd); while ( FindNextFile(hFile, &wfd) != 0 ) { // your code here // include this is if you don't want the '.' and '..' to show up if ( (strcmp(wfd.cFileName, "..") != 0 ) && (strcmp(wfd.cFileName, ".") != 0 ) // your code here eg. cout << wfd.cFileName << endl; // include something like this if you don't want the directories: if (wfd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) // your code here eg. continue; } FindClose(hFile)

[alex barylski]

Might wanna look at: http://www.codeproject.com/file/sadirread.asp[^] I'm drinking triples, seeing double and acting single :cool:

[David Crow]

hkl wrote: May I know what _chdir is? or what it means? It changes to the specified directory (i.e., CWD).

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