recursive file search

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to work this thing out .. For some reason, it ends at a certain point.. I\'m not very good at recursion and I\'m sure the problem lies somewher

Answer 1

Recursive file search with dirent.h

#include 
#include 
#include     

bool isUpDirecory(const char* directory) {
        if (strcmp(directory, "..") == 0 || strcmp(directory, ".") == 0)
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }

    bool findFile(const std::string& fileName, const std::string& path,
            std::string& resultPath) {
        dirent* entry;
        DIR* dir = opendir(path.c_str());

        if (dir == NULL)
            return false;

        while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
            if (entry->d_type == DT_REG) {
                if (fileName.compare(entry->d_name) == 0) {
                    resultPath = path + "/" + entry->d_name;
                    closedir(dir);
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }

        rewinddir(dir);

        while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
            if (entry->d_type == DT_DIR) {
                if (!isUpDirecory(entry->d_name)) {
                    std::string nextDirectoryPath = path + "/" + entry->d_name;
                    bool result = findFile(fileName, nextDirectoryPath, resultPath);
                    if (result == true) {
                        closedir(dir);
                        return true;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        closedir(dir);
        return false;
    }

    int main() {
        std::string path;
        bool result = findFile("text.txt", "/home/lamerman/", path);
        std::cout << path << std::endl;
        return 0;
    }