Re: ftw , nftw doesn't work

[Benoit Fouet <benoit.fouet@purplelabs.com>]

Stephen Kratzer wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 April 2007 08:45:27 Nikola wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to parse dir tree with ftw and nftw on Linux (debian) but
>> without result.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <ftw.h>
>>
>>
>> int fn(const char *file, const struct stat *sb, int flag){
>>
>>         printf("-->\n");
>> }
>>
>>
>> int main(int argc,char **argv){
>>
>>
>>         ftw("/etc/", fn, 5);
>>
>>         return 0;
>> }
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> bash# gcc test.c
>> bash# ./a.out
>> -->
>> bash#
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Does anyone knows what might be the problem.
>>
>> tnx in advance.
>>
>>     
>
> The return value of fn should be 0 if you want the walk to continue past the 
> first file or directory.
>   

and compiling with warning outputs could have helped, too :)
$ gcc -Wall test.c
surely leads to a "control reaches end of a non void function" or
something similar...

Ben

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