C API to sort directory entries by access time

[aryan_]

Hi All,

I want to sort the directory entries in a folder by access time.

Does Linux provide a certain C API for this task ?

There is readdir() function, however, as far as I see, it does not allow you to sort the file entries by access time.

scandir() function also exists, however, I am not sure if it is capable of doing the job.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

[Rubberman]

You are getting there. The function scandir() will do what you want. You have to provide the sorting function where you would use stat() or fstat() to access the status information about each file to allow it to sort on the access time.