This is a c program that list all files of a directory recursively , so it can list all files in c: drive for example .
The above program works fine but i've been trying for 5 days and i can't get it to work without using a function (only main , not main and the other function (listFilesRecursively) )
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
void listFilesRecursively(char *path);
int main()
{
// Directory path to list files
char path[100];
// Input path from user
strcpy(path , "c://");
listFilesRecursively(path);
return 0;
}
/**
* Lists all files and sub-directories recursively
* considering path as base path.
*/
void listFilesRecursively(char *basePath)
{
char path[1000];
struct dirent *dp;
DIR *dir = opendir(basePath);
// Unable to open directory stream
if (!dir)
return;
while ((dp = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
{
if (strcmp(dp->d_name, ".") != 0 && strcmp(dp->d_name, "..") != 0)
{
printf("%s\n", dp->d_name);
// Construct new path from our base path
strcpy(path, basePath);
strcat(path, "/");
strcat(path, dp->d_name);
listFilesRecursively(path);
}
}
closedir(dir);
}
Thanks :)
I can't for the life of me think why anybody would want to enumerate directories by calling main()
recursively. But, since I can't resist a pointless challenge, here's a version that does. Do I get the prize for "most fruitless waste of ten minutes?" ;)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
const char *path;
if (argc != 2) path = "/etc"; /* Set starting directory, if not passed */
else
path = argv[1];
DIR *dir = opendir (path);
if (dir)
{
struct dirent *dp;
while ((dp = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
{
if (dp->d_name[0] != '.')
{
char *fullpath = malloc (strlen (path) + strlen (dp->d_name) + 2);
strcpy (fullpath, path);
strcat (fullpath, "/");
strcat (fullpath, dp->d_name);
if (dp->d_type == DT_DIR)
{
char **new_argv = malloc (2 * sizeof (char *));
new_argv[0] = argv[0];
new_argv[1] = fullpath;
main (2, new_argv);
free (new_argv);
}
else
printf ("%s\n", fullpath);
free (fullpath);
}
}
closedir(dir);
}
else
fprintf (stderr, "Can't open dir %s: %s", path, strerror (errno));
return 0;
}