The structure, struct dirent refers to directory entry. http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Directory-Entries.html In linux it is defined as: struct dirent { ino_t d_ino; /* inode number */ off_t d_off; /* offset to the next dirent */ unsigned short d_reclen; /* length of this record */ unsigned char d_type; /* type of file; not supported by all file system … Read more
The readdir method doesn’t guarantee any ordering. If you want to ensure they are sorted alphabetically you’ll need to do so yourself. Note: I searched for a bit for definitive documentation saying this is the case. The closest I came is the following link http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/ReaddirOrder It’s by no means definitive but it does give a … Read more
You missed the most important, biggest difference between them: glob gives you back a list, but opendir gives you a directory handle. You can pass that directory handle around to let other objects or subroutines use it. With the directory handle, the subroutine or object doesn’t have to know anything about where it came from, … Read more
There are basically two ways of accomplishing this. In an async environment you’ll notice that there are two kinds of loops: serial and parallel. A serial loop waits for one iteration to complete before it moves onto the next iteration – this guarantees that every iteration of the loop completes in order. In a parallel … Read more