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aric_luri wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to write function that write content of directory but can
> get wildcards (global expressions).
>
> I wrote this code for finding all files begin with 'g' under
> /usr/local/bin
>
> std::string globExpr = /usr/local/bin/g*
> glob_t globbuf;
> int status = glob( globExpr.c_str(), GLOB_DOOFFS, NULL, &globbuf );
>
> But I get status == 1 which is bad according to the manual pages.
>
> Does any one knows how can I do file globbing?
>
> Thanks, Uri.

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