Iterative folder read using C and GSList - c

Question

I'm trying to create an iterative program that reads all the folders from a specific starting folder using GSList and C. I haven't managed to find what the flaw in my code is for now.
The problem I'm having is that it reads each folder and all of it's subfolders until in reaches one with more subfolders. After that it just repeats to open only one directory.
The running result is below:
http://pastebin.com/jZMFBrxC
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <glib.h>
#include <glib/gprintf.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
GSList *list = NULL;
list = g_slist_prepend(list, "/home/ravior/Documente"); /* Folder for searching */
DIR *d;
int index = 0;
while((char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0) != NULL) {
gchar *element = g_strdup((char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0));
d = opendir(element);
if(!d) {
fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open '%s' : %s\n", (char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0), strerror(errno));
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("\n\nThe opened folder is: %s\n\n", (char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0));
while(TRUE) {
struct dirent *entry;
const char *d_name;
entry = readdir(d);
if(!entry) {
break;
}
d_name = entry->d_name;
/* Some code here... */
if(entry->d_type & DT_DIR && strcmp(d_name, "..") != 0 && strcmp(d_name, ".") != 0) {
int path_length;
static char path[PATH_MAX];
path_length = snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s",element, d_name);
if(path_length >= PATH_MAX) {
fprintf(stderr, "Path length has got too long.\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("%s\n", path);
list = g_slist_append(list, path);
index++;
printf("The appended element is: %s\n", (char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, index));
}
}
if(closedir(d)){
fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't close' '%s': %s\n",(char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0), strerror(errno));
}
list = g_slist_remove(list, (char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0));
free(element);
element = NULL;
index--;
}
g_slist_free(list);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
Any help to solve this is more than appreciated. Also, if you have any other implementation for this problem using C, sharing it will be more than appreciated.

Answer 1

I've managed to figure it out eventually.
Here is the code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <glib.h>
#include <glib/gprintf.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
GSList *list = NULL;
list = g_slist_prepend(list, "/home/ravior/Documente"); /* Folder for searching */
DIR *d;
int index = 0;
while((char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0) != NULL) {
gchar *element = g_strdup((char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0));
d = opendir(element);
if(!d) {
fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open '%s' : %s\n", element, strerror(errno));
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("\n\nThe opened folder is: %s\n\n", element);
while(TRUE) {
struct dirent *entry;
const char *d_name;
entry = readdir(d);
if(!entry) {
break;
}
d_name = entry->d_name;
/* Some code here... */
if(entry->d_type & DT_DIR && strcmp(d_name, "..") != 0 && strcmp(d_name, ".") != 0) {
int path_length;
static char path[PATH_MAX];
path_length = snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s",element, d_name);
if(path_length >= PATH_MAX) {
fprintf(stderr, "Path length has got too long.\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("%s\n", path);
list = g_slist_append(list, strdup(path));
index++;
printf("The appended element is: %s\n", (char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, index));
}
}
if(closedir(d)){
fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't close' '%s': %s\n", element, strerror(errno));
}
list = g_slist_remove(list, (char *)g_slist_nth_data(list, 0));
free(element);
element = NULL;
index--;
}
g_slist_free(list);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
I hope this piece of code will help someone in the future.