SDL_GlobStorageDirectory - Man Page

Enumerate a directory tree, filtered by pattern, and return a list.

Header File

Defined in SDL3/SDL_storage.h

Synopsis

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

char ** SDL_GlobStorageDirectory(SDL_Storage *storage, 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 (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.

If path is NULL, this is treated as a request to enumerate the root of the storage container's tree. An empty string also works for this.

Function Parameters

storage

a storage container.

path

the path of the directory to enumerate, or NULL for the root.

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. The caller should pass the returned pointer to SDL_free
when done with it. 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, assuming the storage object is thread-safe.

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

Referenced By

SDL_GlobFlags.3type(3).

SDL 3.2.2 Simple Directmedia Layer SDL3 FUNCTIONS