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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: C newb - Part III - find a .jhr file in a directory - seg fault
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:13:25 -0800
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 12/12/2016 17:58, S390 wrote:
>> finding all *.jhr in a directory
>
>>     while ((dir = readdir(d)) != NULL)
>>     {
>>      ret = strchr(dir->d_name, ch);
>>      printf("String after |%c| is - |%s|\n", ch, ret);
>>
>>       //if (strcmp(dir->d_name,"TESTJAMNNTPD.jhr") == 0) //
>
>
> Have a look at the 'fnmatch()' function which will do wildcard matching 
> for you. Something like:
>
>     if (fnmatch("*.jhr", dir->d_name, 0)) ...
>
> 'man fnmatch' for further details.

Be aware that fnmatch() is defined by POSIX, not by ISO C, and it might
not be available on all systems.

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