Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:2522 comp.sys.misc:1163 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!gatech!uflorida!codas!burl!clyde!cbosgd!cblpf!cblpe!jrm From: jrm@cblpe.ATT.COM (John Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.misc Subject: Seeking a method to "read" a DOS directory Message-ID: <902@cblpe.ATT.COM> Date: 10 Feb 88 16:10:15 GMT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Columbus, Ohio Lines: 33 Hi, in a UNIX environment (using the 'C' language), it is possible to "open" a directory. The result is a list of the files that are in the particular directory - very straightforward. I would like obtain a list of files that are in a DOS directory using Microsoft 'C', version 4 or 5. Near as I can tell, you are not permitted to "open" a directory in dos. Further, I have not been able to find a function in the MSC library, or a function in the DOS or BIOS library that will permit me to find out what files are in a given directory. This seems like a gross oversight on Microsoft's part. The best method I know of so far (and this is more of an attack plan than a sure and tried solution) - is to use a DOS interrupt function to gain information about the FAT. From that information, I should be able to calculate the location, on disk, of the beginning sector containing the DOS directory table. Once in the table, I should be able to traverse through the chains to find all the files that are in the directory I am interested in. Yuuck! There has to be a better way! I could see where, after weeks of work, I could make this scheme work - for all disk types and formats. The price is very high! Does anyone know of a better way? More direct? I would be more that willing to attach an assembler routine to the 'C' product I am building (I have 2 already part of the product). But from what I can tell, there is nothing available anywhere, at any level that can help - have I overlooked something? -- J.R. Miller, AT&T Bell Labs, Columbus, OH CB 1C-339 (614) 860-4314 ihnp4!cblpe!jrm