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Thanx, but what should I use if I need to count how many files are in a directory?
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Thanx, but what should I use if I need to count how many files are in a directory?

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To count the number of files (and not sub directories)<br />
you need to<br />
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opendir()<br />
then use scandir/readdir to scan the directory<br />
for each entry do a stat()<br />
determine the type of entry (file/special file/fifo/device/directory<wbr />/link)<br />
if file then increment count
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To count the number of files (and not sub directories)
you need to

opendir()
then use scandir/readdir to scan the directory
for each entry do a stat()
determine the type of entry (file/special file/fifo/device/directory/link)
if file then increment count

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Hello!<br />
How can I manipulate directories in C (create, delete, search for, etc...) without using system(&quot;&quot;)?<br />
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Thanx!
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Hello!
How can I manipulate directories in C (create, delete, search for, etc...) without using system("")?

Thanx!

Manipulating Directories

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