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

From the FindFirstFile documentation:

If the function fails or fails to locate files from the search string in the lpFileName parameter, the return value is INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE and the contents of lpFindFileData are indeterminate.

You should only exit from the one iteration not the whole program:

   if( fHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
   {
     return;
   }

And this may solve your other problem:

else if( file_data.dwFileAttributes != FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN && 
   file_data.dwFileAttributes != FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM  &&
   wcscmp(file_data.cFileName, L".") != 0 && 
   wcscmp(file_data.cFileName, L"..") != 0
 )
{
    results << wrkdir << "\\" << file_data.cFileName << endl;
}

Also see @fretje's answer as well. It gives another problem that your code has.

Updated new: You need to use fHandle as a local variable as well, not global variable.

Change to:

 HANDLE fHandle = FindFirstFile( temp.c_str(), &file_data );