Re: encapsulating directory operations

On Sat, 31 May 2025 08:20:33 +0200, Bonita Montero wrote:

Am 20.05.2025 um 09:27 schrieb Lawrence D'Oliveiro:

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On Tue, 20 May 2025 16:06:19 +1000, Paul Edwards wrote:
 

And in essence, when you read from a directory, the only thing you get
is the filename.

 
You want at least the type of entry as well, surely.
 
<https://manpages.debian.org/readdir(3)>

 
Easier to handle:
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem/directory_iterator.html

If you’re wanting language-specific facilities, then see if you can beat
this <https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.walk>.

For one thing, notice how it gives you the choice of whether to follow
symlinks or not?

Oh, and also notice os.fwalk(), which supports dirfds.