Need a little example of scandir()

[Jonathan I. Kamens]

In article <822 at rocksanne.WRC.XEROX.COM>, stein at WRC.XEROX.COM (Adam Stein) writes:
|> I have been trying to use scandir() with little success.
|> ...
|> 
|> -----Example----------Example----------Example----------Example---------
|> ...
|> 	struct direct *namelist;

  Here's the problem.  Scandir does not create an array of struct direct, it
creates an array of struct direct *.  Therefore, this declaration should read

	struct direct **namelist;

|> ...
|> 	  printf("Name -> <%s>\n",namelist[loop].d_name);

  Since namelist is now an array of pointers instead of an array of
structures, you need to use -> indirection to get at its contents.  This line
should read

	  printf("Name -> <%s>\n",namelist[loop]->d_name);

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