Re: opendir() / readdir() / closedir() / rewinddir() -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: opendir() / readdir() / closedir() / rewinddir()
From: Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:03:49 -0500
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Hi Glenn,

From the manual page for the rewinddir() API:

"If the contents of the directory have changed since the directory was opened and rewinddir() is called, subsequent calls to readdir() read the changed contents."

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/topic/apis/rewinddi.htm

Glenn Gundermann wrote:

If I open and read all the contents of a directory for display on the
screen, if the user presses F5=Refresh, should I close and re-open the
directory or can I use the rewinddir()? I want to make sure my list is
current with new files being in the list and removed files not.

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