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Hello Neil - 

CA>> Last time I wrote any C code to use/display directory
CA>> listings it seemed to me that there are no 'canned'
CA>> routines for this and I was at liberty to do whatever I
CA>> wanted to do with the raw data supplied by library
CA>> routines that read the directory in DOS. There really
CA>> isn't much there as I recall and I had to convert the data
CA>> to be able to display human readable information on my
CA>> own. :-\ 

NH> It seems to me that the phrase "at liberty" above could be
NH> changed to "forced". 

I was putting a positive 'spin' on it. Yes, you are forced. 

NH> It's interesting in that the programmer is given the
NH> "freedom" to reinvent the wheel every time he wishes to
NH> display a directory listing (which isn't all that often,
NH> thank heavens). 

It is necessary to verify the existence of certain files either
to use them or a 'noclobber' when writing out files. There are
many reasons to need a directory listing where no display is
involved. 

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