Re: encapsulating directory operations

Am 06.06.2025 um 16:10 schrieb Scott Lurndal:

Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> writes:

Am 03.06.2025 um 20:25 schrieb Scott Lurndal:

 

      The fchownat() function shall be equivalent to the chown() and lchown()
      functions except in the case where path specifies a relative path. In
      this case the file to be changed is determined relative to the directory
      associated with the file descriptor fd instead of the current working
      directory. If the access mode of the open file description associated
      with the file descriptor is not O_SEARCH, the function shall check
      whether directory searches are permitted using the current permissions
      of the directory underlying the file descriptor. If the access mode is
      O_SEARCH, the function shall not perform the check.

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And why is this relevant for directory_iterator or
recursive_directory_iterator ?

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Why are you asking this question on comp.lang.c?

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Because you can have it easier than with opendir() / readdir().

 Personally, I'd use nftw to iterate over a path.
 https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/nftw.html

That would be much nicer with a lambda which can take the context
of the calling function.