How can I get the list of files in a directory using C or C++?

Question

How can I determine the list of files in a directory from inside my C or C++ code?

I\'m not allowed to execute the ls command and parse the results from

Answer 1

This worked for me. It writes a file with just the names (no path) of all the files. Then it reads that txt file and prints it for you.

void DisplayFolderContent()
    {

        system("dir /n /b * > file_names.txt");
        char ch;
        std::fstream myStream("file_names.txt", std::fstream::in);
        while (myStream.get(ch))
        {
            std::cout << ch;
        }

    }