'struct dirent' has no member named 'd_type'

[SaeedRezaAmanat]

#39 I googled and found this question. Yeah, it's my question too!
I really need my c program to be compiled as it's needed for a group project. When I compile I face this error:
error: 'struct dirent' has no member named 'd_type'
How can I solve this problem?

I am using windows 10. I need it for c programming language.

` struct dirent *dir;
DIR *pDir = opendir(path);

if (pDir) {
    while ((dir = readdir(pDir)) != NULL) {
        if (dir->d_type == FILE_FLAG) {
            String filename = malloc(sizeof(char) * strlen(dir->d_name));
            strcpy(filename, dir->d_name);
            result[resSize++] = filename;
        }
    }
    closedir(pDir);
}`

This is my struct dirent in direct.h:

struct dirent { long d_ino; /* Always zero. */ unsigned short d_reclen; /* Always zero. */ unsigned short d_namlen; /* Length of name in d_name. */ char d_name[260]; /* [FILENAME_MAX] */ /* File name. */ };

Edited: This post helped me to solve this problem, but is there a more neat way to solve it?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5530933/dirent-h-in-visual-studio-2010-or-2008

[ljluestc]

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define MAX_FILES 1024 // Adjust as needed for your project

// Function to list files in a directory (returns array of filenames)
char **list_files(const char *path, int *file_count) {
    WIN32_FIND_DATA ffd;
    HANDLE hFind = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
    char search_path[MAX_PATH];
    char **result = NULL;
    int resSize = 0;

    // Allocate result array
    result = (char **)malloc(sizeof(char *) * MAX_FILES);
    if (!result) {
        printf("Memory allocation failed\n");
        return NULL;
    }

    // Construct search path (e.g., "C:\\path\\*")
    snprintf(search_path, MAX_PATH, "%s\\*", path);

    // Start finding files
    hFind = FindFirstFile(search_path, &ffd);
    if (hFind == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
        printf("Failed to open directory: %s\n", path);
        free(result);
        return NULL;
    }

    // Iterate through directory entries
    do {
        // Skip directories (check if it's not a directory)
        if (!(ffd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
            // Allocate and copy filename
            char *filename = (char *)malloc(strlen(ffd.cFileName) + 1);
            if (!filename) {
                printf("Memory allocation failed for filename\n");
                continue;
            }
            strcpy(filename, ffd.cFileName);
            result[resSize++] = filename;

            // Check if we've hit the max
            if (resSize >= MAX_FILES) {
                printf("Max file limit reached\n");
                break;
            }
        }
    } while (FindNextFile(hFind, &ffd) != 0);

    // Clean up
    FindClose(hFind);
    *file_count = resSize;
    return result;
}

// Example usage
int main() {
    const char *path = "."; // Current directory; replace with your path
    int file_count = 0;
    char **files = list_files(path, &file_count);

    if (files) {
        printf("Found %d files:\n", file_count);
        for (int i = 0; i < file_count; i++) {
            printf("%s\n", files[i]);
            free(files[i]); // Free each filename
        }
        free(files); // Free the array
    } else {
        printf("No files found or error occurred\n");
    }

    return 0;
}
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