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Article #4870Bug in TC findfirst()/findnext()!
From: John Gordon
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 1991 19:28
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 1991 19:28
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I submit the following program:
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <dir.h>
#include <dos.h>
#include <io.h>
main()
{
struct ffblk fileinfo;
char path[256];
getcwd(path, 250);
strcat(path, "\\*.*");
if(findfirst(path, &fileinfo, FA_DIREC) != 0) /* scan for subdirs */
{
printf("No sub-directories!\n");
exit(2);
}
printf("%s\n", fileinfo.ff_name);
while(findnext(&fileinfo) == 0) /* continue scanning for subdirs */
printf("%s\n", fileinfo.ff_name);
}
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According to the _Turbo_C_Bible_, calls to findfirst() and findnext()
are supposed to return filenames that match *both* the given path *and* the
given attribute. However, the above program, which clearly specifies the
*directory* attribute (FA_DIREC), finds both directories *and* plain files.
Anyone have any comments/fixes/etc?
---
John Gordon
Internet: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu #include <disclaimer.h>
gordon@cerl.cecer.army.mil #include <clever_saying.h>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!gordon From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Bug in TC findfirst()/findnext()! Summary: Bug! Keywords: tc,bug,find,findfirst,findnext Message-ID: <1991Feb25.192823.18224@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 25 Feb 91 19:28:23 GMT Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 44