SDL_GlobDirectory - Man Page
Enumerate a directory tree, filtered by pattern, and return a list.
Header File
Defined in SDL3/SDL_filesystem.h
Synopsis
#include "SDL3/SDL.h" char ** SDL_GlobDirectory(const char *path, const char *pattern, SDL_GlobFlags flags, int *count);
Description
Files are filtered out if they don't match the string in pattern , which may contain wildcard characters '.I ' (match everything) and '?' (match one character). If pattern is NULL, no filtering is done and all results are returned. Subdirectories are permitted, and are specified with a path separator of '/'. Wildcard characters '' and '?' never match a path separator. flags may be set to SDL_GLOB_CASEINSENSITIVE
to make the pattern matching case-insensitive.
The returned array is always NULL-terminated, for your iterating convenience, but if count is non-NULL, on return it will contain the number of items in the array, not counting the NULL terminator.
Function Parameters
- path
the path of the directory to enumerate.
- pattern
the pattern that files in the directory must match. Can be NULL.
- flags
SDL_GLOB_* bitflags that affect this search.
- count
on return, will be set to the number of items in the returned array. Can be NULL.
Return Value
(char ) Returns an array of strings on success or NULL on failure; call
SDL_GetError () for more information. This is a single allocation that should be freed with SDL_free () when it is no longer needed.
Thread Safety
It is safe to call this function from any thread.
Availability
This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.