Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:08:51 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Tom St Denis <tomstdenis AT goplay DOT com>
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Subject: Re: find_first
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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Tom St Denis wrote:

> What is the ANSI C equivelant of 'find_first()' for finding files that
> match a pattern.  I am writing a tool (in DJGPP) which must run in
> ms-dos and unix platforms.

I'd suggest to use `glob'.  It is Posix, and returns all the files
which match a pattern in a single call.  However, if by ``ms-dos'' you
mean something other than DJGPP only, then you need to know that other
DOS compilers don't have `glob'.

Also note that the semantics of the file wildcards is different on DOS
and Unix.  For example, "*.*" will yield different results.

> (btw, I don't get news group access here right now, so I can't use
> c.o.m.d)

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