LAPTOP i7: Display All The Files From A Directory Using C

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Display All The Files From A Directory Using C

DESCRIPTION:

This program get the directory path from the user and display all the filed from the directory.

We should add dirent.h header file to accomplish this program.

PROGRAM:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    DIR *directory;
    struct dirent *file;
    directory = opendir (argv[1]);
    int directory_length = strlen(argv[1]);
    if (directory != NULL){
        while (file = readdir (directory))
                printf("FILE : %s ",file->d_name);

        (void) closedir (directory);
    }
    else
        perror ("Not able to open the directory ");
    return 0;
}

COMPILE

gcc -o out scan.c

RUN:

Pass the directory name with the path as argument to the program

./out /home/sujin/directory

OUTPUT:

FILE : favicon.ico

FILE : README.txt

FILE : monkey.jpg

FILE : index.html

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Display All The Files From A Directory Using C

Display All The Files From A Directory Using C

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