How to check when reading a directory that it is not ".." or "."?

Asked Oct 28 '22 at 16:05

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I'm making a program to walk through a directory and all of its subdirectories. And in order not to go to the parent directory, I need to skip the "." and ".."

I tried:

char *name = dir_struct -> d_name;
if (name == "." || name == "..") {
     continue
}

asked Oct 28 '22 at 16:05

user17252149

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Use `strcmp`, not `==`. You're comparing the addresses of the strings, not their value. – Rogue Oct 28 '22 at 16:06
Use `fts.h` or `ftw.h` if available on your target platform. – Cheatah Oct 28 '22 at 16:10

How to check when reading a directory that it is not ".." or "."?

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