On Saturday 01 December 2007 08:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> The main problem, I believe, is that you are using a stale > >> directory handle. closedir (in main) and opendir here. > > > > Ha... and that was the problem... turns out it doesn't need to be > > moved. Once the typeo is corrected to closedir(DIR); it works, > > with no reopen. > > Sorry, I spoke way to soon. A quick test seemed to indicate the > above was true, but in fact I had alread put a fresh opendir inside > the function while testing your comments. > > So I neglected to remove it when my test seemed to indicate that > simply correcting the typo was enough. > > So yup you hit it right. After relocating the closedir and putting a > new opendir inside the function it worked as I had intended.... > Thanks again. > > Does repeat open and closing of dir represent any kind of time drain? > If so, how would I do the chore with only one opendir, or is it even > possible or desirable?
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