sg*******@yahoo.co.in wrote:
But the question is about the efficiecy of c/c++ functions. I have to
scan several thousands of directories in 'Unix' and want to check
whether the entry is directory or file.
What he means is that what you want to do is specific to a particular
OS. What you want to do is not covered in std C++ or the std c++ library.
He is telling you that this might not be the best place to get your
answer because the focus of this group is on standard C++ the language,
and standard C++ the library. AFAIK, neither knows about filesystems.
You might try a unix programmer group. I think there is a
comp.os.linux.development newsgroup...