In C, checking for existence of file with name matching a pattern

Question

I\'ve seen a few methods for checking the existence of a file in C. However, everything I\'ve seen works for a specific file name. I would like to check for any file that

Answer 1

To my knowledge, that's how it should be done.

For each name d_name of the file, you can check it's length and if it has at least 8 characters, strcmp that 8 first characters to lockfile.

You can also use for that check.

As for the iteration, I believe that's he best way to go.