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What to substitute for glob_t and glob() on port to Windows?

I have some code like this snippet:

#include <glob.h>

glob_t globBuf;
const int result = glob(remoteFileName.c_str(), 0, 0, &globBuf);

if (result == GLOB_NOSPACE) {
  ...
} else if (result == GLOB_NOMATCH) {
  ...
} else {
  ...
}

But I'm not finding glob.h on windows.

What would I use on Microsoft Windows to provide equivalent functionality to port this code from Linux?

Solution

  • glob is a POSIX specific thing, and does not exist on Windows. On Windows look at the FindFirstFile and it companion functions.