Details of a file.

Try the following :

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

struct stat buf;
         
if (stat("file_name", &buf) == 0) {
 if ((buf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == _IFDIR)  {
      // it is a directory
}

ori_b
>> f ((buf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == _IFDIR)  {

on compiling, i get _IFDIR undeclared, i don't know more about, where it could be defined. help.

-gsbabu

thanks, it is ok, also could i know how to make this in a loop, that is if in a directory there are some entries, which could be plain file or directory, i need to loop for the number of entries in the directory. could you help me. thanks for your previous help, let me know if you want me to post this as a new question.

--gsbabu.

You can try this (if I understood your question correctly) :

int     DirLoop(const char* path) {
 
  DIR *dirp;
  struct dirent *direntp;

  char file_name[256];
 
  printf("opening directory %s\n",path);
 
  dirp = opendir( path );
  if (dirp == NULL) {
      printf("Error %s : %s\n", path,strerror(errno));
      return -1;
  }
 
  while ( (direntp = readdir( dirp )) != NULL ) {
      if (direntp == NULL) {
        printf("Erorr %s : %s \n", path,strerror(errno));
        return -1;
      }


    // skip the ./ and ../ files        
    if (direntp->d_name[0] != '.') {

        // build the full path
        strcpy (file_name,path);
        strcat (file_name,"/");
        strcat (file_name,direntp->d_name);

        struct stat buf;
        
        // Find file's type
        if (stat(file_name, &buf) == 0) {
            if ((buf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
              // it is a directory
              DirLoop(file_name);
            }

            else {
              // A regular file - Do What you want to ...
              printf("%s\n",file_name);
            }
        }

        else {
            printf("Fail to stat file %s : %s\n",file_name, strerror(errno ));
            return -1;
        }
      
      }
  }

 
  if (closedir( dirp ) == -1) {
      printf("Erorr closedir of %s : %s \n", path,strerror(errno));
      return -1;
  }

  return 0;
}

You will need these #include  :

#include <dirent.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>

Thanks very much Master Ori, It really worked pretty well.

 -gsbabu
 ugnasu01@thiru.vetri.com

glad to help