How to get list of files with a specific extension in a given folder?

Question

I want to get the file names of all files that have a specific extension in a given folder (and recursively, its subfolders). That is, the file name (and extension), not th

Answer 1

On windows you do something like this:

void listFiles( const char* path )
{
   struct _finddata_t dirFile;
   long hFile;

   if (( hFile = _findfirst( path, &dirFile )) != -1 )
   {
      do
      {
         if ( !strcmp( dirFile.name, "."   )) continue;
         if ( !strcmp( dirFile.name, ".."  )) continue;
         if ( gIgnoreHidden )
         {
            if ( dirFile.attrib & _A_HIDDEN ) continue;
            if ( dirFile.name[0] == '.' ) continue;
         }

         // dirFile.name is the name of the file. Do whatever string comparison 
         // you want here. Something like:
         if ( strstr( dirFile.name, ".txt" ))
            printf( "found a .txt file: %s", dirFile.name );

      } while ( _findnext( hFile, &dirFile ) == 0 );
      _findclose( hFile );
   }
}

On Posix, like Linux or OsX:

void listFiles( const char* path )
{
   DIR* dirFile = opendir( path );
   if ( dirFile ) 
   {
      struct dirent* hFile;
      errno = 0;
      while (( hFile = readdir( dirFile )) != NULL ) 
      {
         if ( !strcmp( hFile->d_name, "."  )) continue;
         if ( !strcmp( hFile->d_name, ".." )) continue;

         // in linux hidden files all start with '.'
         if ( gIgnoreHidden && ( hFile->d_name[0] == '.' )) continue;

         // dirFile.name is the name of the file. Do whatever string comparison 
         // you want here. Something like:
         if ( strstr( hFile->d_name, ".txt" ))
            printf( "found an .txt file: %s", hFile->d_name );
      } 
      closedir( dirFile );
   }
}