andrew@ee.su.oz.au (Andrew Ho) (12/05/90)
Hi, I am writing an application for Unix X-window which requires the following routines : (1) a routine that can return the full path string of the current directory (2) another routine to return all the file names in the current directory Are there any Unix built-in system calls to do so ? Many thanks! andrew@ee.su.oz.au
hunt@dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com (Greg Hunt) (12/05/90)
In article <1990Dec5.051318.22071@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>, andrew@ee.su.oz.au (Andrew Ho) writes: > > I am writing an application for Unix X-window > which requires the following routines : > > (1) a routine that can return the full path > string of the current directory > > (2) another routine to return all the file > names in the current directory > > Are there any Unix built-in system calls to do so ? There are C library calls that can do want you need: Try getwd or getcwd to get the pathname of the current directory. Try opendir, readir, and closedir to iteratively get all the names of the files in a directory. Of course, you'll need to check that your C libraries actually implement these calls. Enjoy! -- Greg Hunt Internet: hunt@dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com DG/UX Kernel Development UUCP: {world}!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!hunt Data General Corporation Research Triangle Park, NC, USA These opinions are mine, not DG's.
james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec5.051318.22071@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> andrew@ee.su.oz.au (Andrew Ho) writes: > >Hi, > > I am writing an application for Unix X-window >which requires the following routines : > > (1) a routine that can return the full path > string of the current directory > System V 3.2.x -- getcwd() Berkeley 4.3 -- getwd() > (2) another routine to return all the file > names in the current directory > Berkeley 4.3 -- use "<sys/dir.h> and <sys/types>" the "opendir()" is used much like "fopen()" and the "readdir()" call can be used to read inode and file names into a struct of type DIR until the readdir returns NULL. Check the Programmer's reference. System V -- similar to BSD, but you may have to investigate the "dirent.h" header as well. Hope this helps.
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (12/07/90)
In article <127@dlss2.UUCP> james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) writes: > Berkeley 4.3 -- use "<sys/dir.h> and <sys/types>" > System V -- similar to BSD, but you may have to investigate the > "dirent.h" header as well. Poor advice. You should use the <dirent.h> interface on all UNIX-like systems. If you need an implementation, send me email.