From: "Erik L. Jensen" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: 1 bug(?) open/readdir & glob Date: 20 Sep 1996 20:25:45 GMT Organization: Telenor Online Public Access Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <9609201747 DOT AA09431 AT ponder> NNTP-Posting-Host: oslo802.telepost.no To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reposting article removed by rogue canceller. > > > > In djgpp it really doesn't matter whether you'll use findfirst/findnext or > > readdir. readdir() uses find... anyway. > > Yes, It doesnt matter , but the problem is why you mentioned about it. > > Infact, it does matter if you want to quickly get hold of information like file size, attributes etc. A readir() followed by stat() is much more complicated (try going throug the stat() code) and does little more than findxxx anyway.. -Erik-