struct dirent not reading proper file name

Yeah.struct dirent reads in the dos filenames.

What compiler are you on?

You could try system("dir/b >>dir.txt"); if on windows platform.

and read from that text file.One filename on one line.

dir/b gives you the bare filenames without the size etc. details and i redirect the output to a file dir.txt

If you are already on a Win32 system, use the native way:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/listing_the_files_in_a_directory.asp ("Listing the Files in a Directory")

#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501

#include <windows.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   WIN32_FIND_DATA FindFileData;
   HANDLE hFind = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
   char DirSpec[MAX_PATH];  // directory specification
   DWORD dwError;

   printf ("Target directory is %s.\n", argv[1]);
   strncpy (DirSpec, argv[1], strlen(argv[1])+1);
   strncat (DirSpec, "\\*", 3);

   hFind = FindFirstFile(DirSpec, &FindFileData);

   if (hFind == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
   {
      printf ("Invalid file handle. Error is %u\n", GetLastError());
      return (-1);
   }
   else
   {
      printf ("First file name is %s\n", FindFileData.cFileName);
      while (FindNextFile(hFind, &FindFileData) != 0)
      {
         printf ("Next file name is %s\n", FindFileData.cFileName);
      }
   
      dwError = GetLastError();
      if (dwError == ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES)
      {
         FindClose(hFind);
      }
      else
      {
         printf ("FindNextFile error. Error is %u\n", dwError);
         return (-1);
      }
   }
   return (0);
}

i am using turbo C compiler hence system mot working,
can someone suggest a method for lisitng the file name even if without the extension?