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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Need a little example of scandir()
Message-ID: <1991May22.154257.11469@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 15:42:57 GMT
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In article <822@rocksanne.WRC.XEROX.COM>, stein@WRC.XEROX.COM (Adam Stein) writes:
|> I have been trying to use scandir() with little success.
|> ...
|> 
|> -----Example----------Example----------Example----------Example---------
|> ...
|> 	struct direct *namelist;

  Here's the problem.  Scandir does not create an array of struct direct, it
creates an array of struct direct *.  Therefore, this declaration should read

	struct direct **namelist;

|> ...
|> 	  printf("Name -> <%s>\n",namelist[loop].d_name);

  Since namelist is now an array of pointers instead of an array of
structures, you need to use -> indirection to get at its contents.  This line
should read

	  printf("Name -> <%s>\n",namelist[loop]->d_name);

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