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Old 09-23-2003, 11:13 PM   #1
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counting


If i want to write a C program in counting the no of file in a folder, what should i do?
 
Old 09-24-2003, 12:09 AM   #2
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Here is borrowed from Mr.Ritchie
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>


#define NAME_MAX 10

typedef struct {
  int fd;
  char name [NAME_MAX + 1];
} Dirent;

typedef struct {
  int fd;
  Dirent d;
} Dir;

/* that's just for portability (Mohsen)*/

/* Now you can use 3 functions: */

DIR *opendir (char* dirname);
Dirent *readdir (DIR *dfd);
void closedir (char*, struct stat*)  
/*
The Dirent structure contains the inode 
number and the name. The maximium length of a file 
name component is NAME_MAX , which 
is a SYSTEM DEPENDENT value. opendir returns  
a pointer to a structure called DIR, 
analogous to FILE, which is used 
by readdir and closedir. 
*/

Now you may use stat system call to determine if your name is a directory (take a look at manual page of stat).
Code:
Dirent *dp;
DIR *dfd;

if ((dfd = opendir ("MyDirName")) == NULL)
  exit (1);

/* readdir returns 
file names in directory. dp->name may be `.' 
or `..' which should be ignored. */
while ((dp = readdir (dfd) != NULL) {
  if (strcmp (dp->name, ".") == 0 || strcmp (dp->name, "..")   == 0)
  continue;
  printf ("file: %s\n", dp->name);
}

P.S.
I'va wrote it in a hurry so check out the man pages on any question.

Last edited by Mohsen; 09-24-2003 at 12:13 AM.
 
Old 09-24-2003, 12:59 AM   #3
eric.r.turner
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Re: counting

Quote:
Originally posted by dummyagain
If i want to write a C program in counting the no of file in a folder, what should i do?
It's pretty simple. Look at opendir(3), readdir(3), stat(3), and closedir(3). Here's an example:

Code:
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main()
{
   struct dirent*  dirEntry   = NULL;
   DIR*            dirStream  = NULL;
   int             fileCount  = 0;
   struct stat     fileStats;

   dirStream  = opendir( "." );

   while( ( dirEntry = readdir( dirStream ) ) != NULL ) {

      stat( dirEntry->d_name, &fileStats );

      if( !S_ISDIR( fileStats.st_mode ) ) {
         printf( "%s\n", dirEntry->d_name );
         fileCount++;
      }

   }

   printf( "Total number of files: %d\n", fileCount );

   closedir( dirStream );

   return(0);
}
Of course, you should check each function call to make sure it succeeds.
 
Old 09-24-2003, 02:28 AM   #4
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This gives the number of files in directory....

Code:
#include<dirent.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
int filter(const struct dirent *dir)
{
        struct stat BUFFER;
        stat(dir->d_name,&BUFFER);
        return !S_ISDIR(BUFFER.st_mode);
}
main()
{
        struct dirent **name_list;
        printf("%d",scandir(".",&name_list,filter,alphasort));
}
 
  


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