Re: [Dev-C++] reading and comparing filenames

[Alfred P. R. <al...@ya...>]

Try the _findfirst/_findnext/_findclose set of functions.  I believe they allow regular expression searching.  I'm using them with both wildcard searches '*', '*.*', and with searches for a specific name.  It would be something like:

entrydir = getcwd(NULL, MAX_FOLDER_TEXT_SIZE);
chdir(startpoint_for_search);
if ((findhandle = _findfirst(search_string, &finddata)) == EOF) {
 // One wasn't found.
...
}
{ // Process a found one!
...
} while( (result = _findnext(findhandle, &finddata)) == 0 )
_findclose(findhandle);
chdir(entrydir);
free(entrydir);
 
You must close the find handle, always, and free the entrydir variable if you use the above form.  I use the above in recursive folder searching.
 
Guillermo Gutierrez <ggu...@ma...> wrote:

I have a bit of a dilemma, I have an app that copies files from one folder to another. 
Now I need to copy different files from a second folder but I dont want to get all of them. 
As newer versions of these files are created, the previous versions are renamed to "filename.****.bpl" as opposed to "filename.bpl".

the "****" is a four digit number representing the file time from the timestamp. I want to copy only the newer files (filename.bpl) and not the previous ones (filename.****.bpl). 

What would be the best way to: 
        a) get a list of the filenames. 
        b) filter down to a list of the newer filenames (w/o the ".****") 
        c) and finally copy only the ones on the filtered list. 

Guillermo Gutierrez 
Market Scan Information Systems 
Software Q.A. Supervisor 
(818) 575-2000 x2427 
ggu...@ma... 




Alfred P. Reaud