Get the list of files in a directory with in a directory

Question

I have a directory named "BaseFile" with in this directory, I have few directories named "Dir1", "Dir2", "Dir3" etc.,

In these sub-directories, I have list of files which I need to get listed via code. Can Some one give me some tips on how to do this?

I need to do this both in windows and Linux platforms..

Boosthas a nice API for that. The manual is good. – Deduplicator Apr 22 '14 at 06:31 — Deduplicator, Apr 22 '14 at 06:31
Do you need a C or only a C++ answer? – Deduplicator Apr 22 '14 at 06:47 — Deduplicator, Apr 22 '14 at 06:47

Rahul R Dhobi · Answer 1 · 2014-04-22T06:59:10.387

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You can write this type of code using opendir() and readdir()

#include <dirent.h> 
#include <stdio.h> 

int main(void)
{
    DIR           *dirp;
    struct dirent *directory;

    dirp = opendir("/home/user/");
    if (dirp)
    {
        while ((directory = readdir(dirp)) != NULL)
        {
          printf("%s\n", directory->d_name);
        }

        closedir(dirp);
    }

    return(0);
}

edited Apr 22 '14 at 06:59

answered Apr 22 '14 at 06:35

Rahul R Dhobi

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Does that work on windows? – ooga Apr 22 '14 at 06:39
Its for linux,I'm not sure it is working in windows or not – Rahul R Dhobi Apr 22 '14 at 06:43
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I just tried it and it seems to work for windows too. – ooga Apr 22 '14 at 06:54
Directory1 inside that there is another Directory, in that I have list of files. I need those files. This code will give list of directories inside a directoyr right? – 2vision2 Apr 22 '14 at 06:56
@2vision2: This code gives you both directories and files you need to add code for filtering directories – Rahul R Dhobi Apr 22 '14 at 07:00
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doesn't exist on VS15. – shinzou Dec 05 '15 at 16:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '14 at 10:59

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Boost provides a basic_directory_iterator which provides a C++ standard conforming input iterator which accesses the contents of a directory

Refer

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/libs/filesystem/doc/reference.html

answered Apr 22 '14 at 10:59

DNamto

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