The attrib parameter in findfirst 1

[biot023]

Hallo - there is a folder called D:\Downloads\Files, and in this folder are several subfolders and a number of files.
The following code, with attrib as FA_DIREC, should only show the names of the subfolders, but I keep getting the files as well.

ffblk ffblk;
int result=findfirst("D:\\Downloads\\Files\\*",ffblk,FA_DIREC);
while(result==0){
ShowMessage(ffblk.ff_name);
result=findnext(ffblk.ff_name);
}

Does anybody know why?

Cheers,
Douglas JL Common sense is what tells you the world is flat.

 

[hennep]

I had the same problem a while ago, could not find the reason.
I made a work around, out of my head, it can give some compile error:

if( ffblk.attrib & FA_DIREC ) {
// do what you want to do with directoy: ffblk.ff_name
}

 

[biot023]

Thanks - I'll give it a try.
Cheers,
Douglas JL Common sense is what tells you the world is flat.

 

[hennep]

or was it:
if( ( ffblk.attrib & FA_DIREC ) == FA_DIREC ) {

I have the source code at home, will let you know asap

 

[biot023]

That'd be fantastic, thanks Common sense is what tells you the world is flat.

 

[hennep]

hi Douglas,

My second post contained the proper code.
I have used the code below to do a recursive directory scan.

best of luck,
Hennie


void TfrmCTdir::ScanDir( char *sDir, char *sWild ) {
// example: ScanDir( "c:\\", "*.*" );
struct ffblk ffblk;
int done;
char sTmp[512], sTmp2[512];

strcpy( sTmp, sDir );
strcat( sTmp, sWild );
done = findfirst( sTmp, &ffblk, FA_DIREC + FA_SYSTEM + FA_HIDDEN + FA_RDONLY + FA_ARCH );
while( !done && !frmScan->Abort ) {
if( strcmp( ".", ffblk.ff_name ) != 0
&& strcmp( "..", ffblk.ff_name ) != 0 ) {
if( (ffblk.ff_attrib & FA_DIREC) == FA_DIREC ) {
// process directory
strcpy( sTmp, sDir );
strcat( sTmp, ffblk.ff_name );
strcat( sTmp, "\\" );
if( frmCTdir->GetProperty("RECURS&quot ) {
ScanDir( sTmp, sWild );
if( frmScan->Abort ) {
break;
}
}
} else {
// process file
}
}
done = findnext(&ffblk);
}
}

 

[biot023]

That totally solves my problem (twice in one day!) - thanks again for your help.
Cheers,
Douglas JL Common sense is what tells you the world is flat.