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+/* nftw_dir_tree.c + + Demonstrate the use of nftw(3). Walk though the directory tree specified + on the command line (or the current working directory if no directory + is specified on the command line), displaying an indented hierarchy + of files in the tree. For each file, display: + + * a letter indicating the file type (using the same letters + as "ls -l"), as obtained using stat(2); + * a string indicating the file type, as supplied by nftw(); and + * the file's i-node number. +*/ +#if defined(__sun) +#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500 /* Solaris 8 needs it this way */ +#else +#if ! defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE) || _XOPEN_SOURCE < 600 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600 /* Get nftw() and S_IFSOCK declarations */ +#endif +#endif #include <ftw.h> #include "tlpi_hdr.h" static void usageError(const char *progName, const char *msg) { if (msg != NULL) fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg); fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-d] [-m] [-p] [directory-path]\n", progName); fprintf(stderr, "\t-d Use FTW_DEPTH flag\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\t-m Use FTW_MOUNT flag\n"); fprintf(stderr, "\t-p Use FTW_PHYS flag\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } static int /* Function called by nftw() */ dirTree(const char *pathname, const struct stat *sbuf, int type, struct FTW *ftwb) { if (type == FTW_NS) { /* Could not stat() file */ printf("?"); } else { switch (sbuf->st_mode & S_IFMT) { /* Print file type */ case S_IFREG: printf("-"); break; case S_IFDIR: printf("d"); break; case S_IFCHR: printf("c"); break; case S_IFBLK: printf("b"); break; case S_IFLNK: printf("l"); break; case S_IFIFO: printf("p"); break; case S_IFSOCK: printf("s"); break; default: printf("?"); break; /* Should never happen (on Linux) */ } } + printf(" %s ", (type == FTW_D) ? "D " : (type == FTW_DNR) ? "DNR" : (type == FTW_DP) ? "DP " : (type == FTW_F) ? "F " : (type == FTW_SL) ? "SL " : (type == FTW_SLN) ? "SLN" : (type == FTW_NS) ? "NS " : " "); + if (type != FTW_NS) printf("%7ld ", (long) sbuf->st_ino); else printf(" "); + printf(" %*s", 4 * ftwb->level, ""); /* Indent suitably */ printf("%s\n", &pathname[ftwb->base]); /* Print basename */ return 0; /* Tell nftw() to continue */ } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int flags, opt; flags = 0; while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "dmp")) != -1) { switch (opt) { case 'd': flags |= FTW_DEPTH; break; case 'm': flags |= FTW_MOUNT; break; case 'p': flags |= FTW_PHYS; break; default: usageError(argv[0], NULL); } } if (argc > optind + 1) usageError(argv[0], NULL); if (nftw((argc > optind) ? argv[optind] : ".", dirTree, 10, flags) == -1) { perror("nftw"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }
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