> Am Donnerstag, 1. Mai 2008 17:17 schrieb Marco van de Voort: > > DT_LNK 10 > > DT_SOCK 12 > > DT_WHT 14 > > > > But why do you not simply use findfirst/findnext? It's more portable. > > The result of d_type is always 0 even if the entry is a directory.
Then you'll have to do a fpstat to get additional data. > Your question is not easy to answer. In one way you are right, but I like > to program as close to the os as possible. In general findfirst/findnext is ok, unless you are creating e.g. an unix specific backup application that touches hundreds of thousands of files. > Does findfirst/findnext also support these things like '*.pas' and file > attributes? It supports wildcards. The file attributes are limited to the ones in searchrec, see help for more info. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
