Display the Contents of a Directory

    Here is a simple program to open and display the contents of a directory.

                                             

 DIRECTORY.C

/*

PROGRAM NAME:DIRECTORY.C

AIM:TO DISPLAY THE CONTENTS OF A DIRCTORY

DATE:07/30/2011

*/

#include<stdio.h>

#include<dirent.h>

main()

{

char dirname[10];

DIR *ptr;

struct dirent *dir;

printf("Enter the directory Name..");

scanf("%s",dirname);

ptr=opendir(dirname);

printf("\nContents in %s are..\n",dirname);

while((dir=readdir(ptr))!=NULL)

printf("%s\n",dir->d_name);

getch();

closedir(ptr);

}

Note

• System calls for directory operations are included in the header file <dirent.h>.
• opendir: Opens afile directory.
• closedir: Closes a directory.
• readdir : Reads the next record from file.
• rewinddir: Sets file pointer to the beginning of file.

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