Display All The Files From A Directory Using C

DESCRIPTION:

• This program get the directory path from the user and display all the filed from the directory.

• We should add dirent.h header file to accomplish this program.

PROGRAM:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    DIR *directory;
    struct dirent *file;    
    directory = opendir (argv[1]);
    int directory_length = strlen(argv[1]);
    if (directory != NULL){
        while (file = readdir (directory))
                  printf("FILE : %s \n",file->d_name);

        (void) closedir (directory);
      }
      else
        perror ("Not able to open the directory\n");
    return 0;
}

COMPILE

gcc -o out scan.c

RUN:

• Pass the directory name with the path as argument to the program

./out /home/sujin/directory

OUTPUT:

FILE : favicon.ico

FILE : README.txt

FILE : monkey.jpg 

FILE : index.html