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Old 03-19-2002
Re-writing ls -F command
As the subject states, I am re-writing the ls -F command in C++, but I am having trouble adding some of the Formatting characters to the files names. Here is my code:

Code:
 if (strcmp(buff, "-F")==0)
  {
     struct stat s;
     stat(direntp->d_name,&s);
     cout<<direntp->d_name;
     if(s.st_mode & S_IFDIR)
          cout<<"/"<<endl;
   else
     if(s.st_mode & S_IFIFO)
         cout<<"|"<<endl;
   else
     if(s.st_mode & S_IFLNK)
         cout<<" "<<endl;
   else
     if(s.st_mode & S_IFDOOR)
         cout<<">"<<endl;
   else
     if(s.st_mode & S_IFSOCK)
         cout<<"="<<endl;
   else
     if((s.st_mode & S_IXUSR) && (s.st_mode & S_IFLNK))
           cout<<"*"<<endl;
     else
       cout<<"?"<<endl;
  }//end if

It is adding the correct formatting character ("/") for directories, but not for my executable files such as "a.out" and "paige_sh" which should have an asterick (*). Here is a sample run:

Code:
mars:$ a.out
-F
./
../
shell1.cpp
env.c
core

a.out
modshell2.1.cpp
read_command
shell.sh
shell
test.sh
ansipr
shell2.c.save
paige_sh
modshell1.2.cpp
modshell1.3.cpp
gid.c
modshell2.3.cpp
1814shell.cpp
cpplist
uid.c
listfile.txt
listDir.cpp
modshell2.cpp
modshell2.2.cpp
rewritels.cpp
writels2.cpp
justafile.txt
justafile2.txt
justadir/
justadir2/

can anyone help?? Thanks.
# 2  
Old 03-19-2002
It looks like you are trying to append an asterisk if both S_IXUSR and S_IFLNK are set. But earlier in your massive "if" statement you have already tested for S_IFLNK being set all by itself. So no condition can allow to reach the point where you append an asterisk.

Even if you square this away, you have a couple of other problems. S_IFLNK is a symlink, so instead of appending a blank (and what would be the point of that anyway), you want to append an at-sign.

Also, I think that for executables, you want to ensure first that S_IFREG is set and second that one or more of S_IXUSR, S_IXGRP, or S_IXOTH is set.
# 3  
Old 03-19-2002
well I only added the && part for the executables after it didnt work in the first place. I ran ls -la regularly and saw that the executables had symbolic links so added to && part to see if it worked since the executables proved true for both conditions.

I HAD the "@" for the links, but took it off so that I could actually SEE what I was lookin at when I ran it...that's the purpose of the white space instead of the symbol. I was going to replace it after I was completely through with the program.

However, I am going to take a look @ the other things you suggested and get back at you. Thanks
# 4  
Old 03-20-2002
problem solved
Quote:
Originally posted by Perderabo
It looks like you are trying to append an asterisk if both S_IXUSR and S_IFLNK are set. But earlier in your massive "if" statement you have already tested for S_IFLNK being set all by itself. So no condition can allow to reach the point where you append an asterisk.

Thanks. It turned out that the executables needed to be placed before the links because it was negating it.
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