ffblk structure unssported

[Nopcea Francisc]

this is the source code:

include <stdio.h>

include <dir.h>

include <stdlib.h>

include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
struct ffblk ffblk;
int done;
printf("Directory listing of .\n");
done = findfirst("c:/",&ffblk,0);
while (!done)
{
printf(" %s\n", ffblk.ff_name);
done = findnext(&ffblk);
}

return 0;
}

the error i get is: the aggregate ffblk ffblk has incomplete type and cannot be defined.
I don't know what it means... can anybody help me!

[Anonymous]

findfirst and findnext are not standard functions and as such you have to check the implementation specific to your library (in this case MSVCRT.DLL). It appears that you are applying a different implementation of these functions.

The Microsoft versions are described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/html/crt__find.2c._wfind_functions.asp

The following works as you expect:

include <stdio.h>

include <stdlib.h>

include <io.h>

int main(void)
{
struct _finddata_t fileinfo ;
long findhandle ;
int finderror ;

printf("Directory listing of *.*\n");

findhandle = _findfirst("c:/*.*", &fileinfo ) ; 
if( findhandle != -1 ) 
{
    do
    { 
        printf("%s\n", fileinfo.name); 
        finderror = _findnext( findhandle, &fileinfo ) ; 
    } 
    while( finderror == 0 ) ;
}

(void)_findclose( findhandle ) ;

system( "pause" ) ;

return 0;

}

Clifford

[Nopcea Francisc]

thank you very much!