searching for hidden files using winapi
- by Kristian
HI
i want to search for a hidden files and directories in a specefic given path but I don't know how to do it for hidden files i do know how to search for normal files and dir i did this code but im stuck can't make it search for only hidden files
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
TCHAR *fn;
fn=L"d:\\*";
HANDLE f;
WIN32_FIND_DATA data;
{
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
}
f=FindFirstFile(fn,&data);
if(f==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE){
printf("not found\n");
return 0;
}
else{
_tprintf(L"found this file: %s\n",data.cFileName);
while(FindNextFile(f,&data)){
_tprintf(L"found this file: %s\n",data.cFileName);
}
}
FindClose(f);
return 0;
}
