Re: [Bug-apl] Request: lib_file_io additions

[Juergen Sauermann]

Hi,

I think we have to draw the border between FILE_IO and convenience 
functions somewhere.
Otherwise we would end up with the entire libc accessible via FILE_IO.

And, remember, we have this nice language called APL to do such things.

/// Jürgen


On 07/08/2014 05:56 AM, David B. Lamkins wrote:
> It looks like glob() subsumes the function of readdir(). There are some
> nasty details with allocated results, too...
>
> You could, however, combine fnmatch() with readdir().
>
> http://linux.die.net/man/3/fnmatch
>
> On Tue, 2014-07-08 at 11:44 +0800, Elias Mårtenson wrote:
> > How about adding support for a dyadic form where the left-side
> > argument is a glob pattern to be used when matching the file names?
> >
> >
> > http://linux.die.net/man/3/glob
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Elias