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WinAPI to locate a file in directory

Is there an Windows API using which <path-to-a-file>
could be located ? For example, i want to search for
"tt.exe" under a specific directory recursively.

Lakshmi.

Nov 14 '05 #1
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Lakshmi <lu****@yahoo.com> scribbled the following:
Is there an Windows API using which <path-to-a-file>
could be located ? For example, i want to search for
"tt.exe" under a specific directory recursively.


comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.{misc,win32} are your friends.

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Nov 14 '05 #2
Thanks for the pointer.

Joona I Palaste wrote:
Lakshmi <lu****@yahoo.com> scribbled the following:
Is there an Windows API using which <path-to-a-file>
could be located ? For example, i want to search for
"tt.exe" under a specific directory recursively.

comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.{misc,win32} are your friends.


Nov 14 '05 #3

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