My Boland compiler comes with 2 header files that can be used to read
directory entries : <dir.h> and <dirent.h>, are these portable ?


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ksaleh@my-deja.com writes:


>My Boland compiler comes with 2 header files that can be used to read
>directory entries : <dir.h> and <dirent.h>, are these portable ?

They are not part of the C or C++ standards, so you can't
expect to use the code everywhere.

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<ksaleh@my-deja.com> wrote...
> My Boland compiler comes with 2 header files that can be used to read
> directory entries : <dir.h> and <dirent.h>, are these portable ?

Neither Standard C nor C++ define functions for finding files. Using either
of the header files above will make your code non-Standard. The aren't even
portable across wintel compilers; Borland and Microsoft have different
header file names and function semantics, for example.

Encapsulate the file-searching code, and comment it well -- that's what I've
had to do.

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