dirs_links/nftw_dir_tree.c

This is dirs_links/nftw_dir_tree.c (Listing 18-3, page 360), an example from the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

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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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