usage of findfirst on NT platform

I am trying to make a utility to list all files created after a given date.
this utility will search through subdirectories. I am using the C function findfirst.

done = findfirst(file_path, &ffblk, FA_NORMAL | FA_DIREC);

this should find normal files or directories, unfortunatly when I set these attributies "FA_NORMAL | FA_DIREC" the function retutns -1 {a failed search}

if I use
done = findfirst(file_path, &ffblk, FA_NORMAL);
the function will find only find files.

I am working on a system
X85 family 5 model 2 stepping 6
NT 4.00.1381
Borland C++Builder 5.0

What am I missing

 

NT 4.00.1381
Borland C++Builder 5.0

What am I missing

A good compiler and a supported operating system!

I don't normally use the runtime versions of this function, but each compiler has thier own little quirks on it. In the microsoft implementation, you are responsible for doing your own filtering.

Based on a quick web search, you are trying to | those flags together and thats whats causing your problem. Just add FA_DIREC, and you will get dirs and files. The below call should return everything you want. do your own processing on the .ff_attrib yourself.

findfirst(file_path, &ffblk, FA_DIREC);


http://web.archive.org/web/20080113...x.org/~jakov/community.borland.com/16646.html

Problem:
When using findfirst with the FA_DIREC attribute, I get
regular DOS files in addition to the directories. How
do I get just the directories?
Solution:
Using FA_DIREC doesn't mean *only* return directories;
it means include directories along with regular files.
The solution is to check each ffblk found against the
FA_DIREC attribute.