On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Abhinav Tyagi <abhityag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Problem: Scanning the disc for media files. As the media files can be > present anywhere > in the disc, searching whole disc by enumerating the directory listings will > be very tedious > i guess (like combining ls and grep in the terminal).
Yes, it's repetitive and rather tedious - but fortunately computers don't get bored. :-) > 1) I need an efficient approach to solve this problem using Cocoa or C++. Try the easy approach first - a simple recursive search enumerating directory entries. If profiling your app shows that to be a meaningful bottleneck, *then* look for a more efficient and "clever" approach. Premature optimization is the root of all evil. > 2) How will check a file if its a valid media file or data file. Like we can > have ".dat" files that > are video files but data files can also have ".dat" extension. not much > significant. Is there > api that can tell whether a file is media file or not? (not soooo > important). The "file" command looks for "magic numbers" within the file, as described in the files in /usr/share/file/magic/. The format of these files is documented in "man magic", and it's pretty straightforward. sherm-- -- Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
