ntfw (new file tree walk) question

[ben.lemasurier]

Hey everyone,

I am making use of ntfw() in a program of mind to find a file on the
hard drive. Currently my application only prints the name of the file
if it finds it. I would like it to show the path to the file as well.
Is there a way to have ntfw() report the current directory it is in?

I hope I am being clear, if not please let me know and I can try to
clairify.

Thanks!

Ben

 

[Keith Thompson]

I am making use of ntfw() in a program of mind to find a file on the
hard drive. Currently my application only prints the name of the file
if it finds it. I would like it to show the path to the file as well.
Is there a way to have ntfw() report the current directory it is in?

Standard C has no facilities for dealing with directories. ntfw()
appears to be some non-standard function; personally, I had never
heard of it until now. You'll need to post in a newsgroup specific to
your system.

....

(A little Googling shows that the function is called nftw(), not
ntfw(). comp.unix.programmer is probably the best place to ask about
it.)

 

[Peteris Krumins]

Is there a way to have ntfw() report the current directory it is in?

We don't know what ntfw() is.


P.Krumins

 

[ben.lemasurier]

ntfw() is the GNU standard for POSIX's ftw()

Does this help?

 

[A. Sinan Unur]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

ntfw() is the GNU standard for POSIX's ftw()

Does this help?

Not really. Since ntfw is not a part of standard C, it is off-topic here.

See http://www.stanford.edu/~blp/writings/clc/off-topic.html

Sinan

 

[ben.lemasurier]

Alright.. thanks anyways guys.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for file searching using
standard C?

thanks again,

Ben

 

[A. Sinan Unur]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

Alright.. thanks anyways guys.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for file searching using
standard C?

There are no such facilities. You'll need to use platform dependent
libraries/facilities.

Sinan

 

[Lawrence Kirby]

Alright.. thanks anyways guys.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for file searching using
standard C?

C has no concept of file searching or even directories. A good newsgroup
to discuss the POSIX facilities for these is comp.unix.programmer.

Lawrence