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+/* Dirent interface for Microsoft Visual Studio
+ * Version 1.21
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Toni Ronkko
+ * This file is part of dirent.  Dirent may be freely distributed
+ * under the MIT license.  For all details and documentation, see
+ * https://github.com/tronkko/dirent
+ */
+
+#ifndef DIRENT_H
+#define DIRENT_H
+
+/*
+ * Include windows.h without Windows Sockets 1.1 to prevent conflicts with
+ * Windows Sockets 2.0.
+ */
+#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#   define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#endif
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* Maximum length of file name */
+#if !defined(PATH_MAX)
+#   define PATH_MAX MAX_PATH
+#endif
+
+/* File type flags for d_type */
+#define DT_UNKNOWN 0
+#define DT_REG S_IFREG
+#define DT_DIR S_IFDIR
+#define DT_CHR S_IFCHR
+
+/*
+ * File type macros.  Note that block devices, sockets and links cannot be
+ * distinguished on Windows and the macros S_ISBLK, S_ISSOCK and S_ISLNK are
+ * only defined for compatibility.  These macros should always return false
+ * on Windows.
+ */
+#if !defined(S_ISDIR)
+#   define S_ISDIR(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
+#endif
+#if !defined(S_ISREG)
+#   define S_ISREG(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
+#endif
+
+/* Wide-character version */
+struct _wdirent {
+	/* Always zero */
+	long d_ino;
+
+	/* Structure size */
+	unsigned short d_reclen;
+
+	/* Length of name without \0 */
+	size_t d_namlen;
+
+	/* File type */
+	int d_type;
+
+	/* File name */
+	wchar_t d_name[PATH_MAX];
+};
+typedef struct _wdirent _wdirent;
+
+struct _WDIR {
+	/* Current directory entry */
+	struct _wdirent ent;
+
+	/* Private file data */
+	WIN32_FIND_DATAW data;
+
+	/* True if data is valid */
+	int cached;
+
+	/* Win32 search handle */
+	HANDLE handle;
+
+	/* Initial directory name */
+	wchar_t *patt;
+};
+typedef struct _WDIR _WDIR;
+
+static _WDIR *_wopendir(const wchar_t *dirname);
+static int _wclosedir(_WDIR *dirp);
+
+/* For compatibility with Symbian */
+#define wdirent _wdirent
+#define WDIR _WDIR
+#define wopendir _wopendir
+#define wclosedir _wclosedir
+
+/* Multi-byte character versions */
+struct dirent {
+	/* Always zero */
+	long d_ino;
+
+	/* Structure size */
+	unsigned short d_reclen;
+
+	/* Length of name without \0 */
+	size_t d_namlen;
+
+	/* File type */
+	int d_type;
+
+	/* File name */
+	char d_name[PATH_MAX];
+};
+typedef struct dirent dirent;
+
+struct DIR {
+	struct dirent ent;
+	struct _WDIR *wdirp;
+};
+typedef struct DIR DIR;
+
+static DIR *opendir(const char *dirname);
+static struct dirent *readdir(DIR *dirp);
+static int closedir(DIR *dirp);
+
+/* Internal utility functions */
+static WIN32_FIND_DATAW *dirent_first(_WDIR *dirp);
+static WIN32_FIND_DATAW *dirent_next(_WDIR *dirp);
+
+static int dirent_mbstowcs_s(
+	size_t *pReturnValue,
+	wchar_t *wcstr,
+	size_t sizeInWords,
+	const char *mbstr,
+	size_t count);
+
+static int dirent_wcstombs_s(
+	size_t *pReturnValue,
+	char *mbstr,
+	size_t sizeInBytes,
+	const wchar_t *wcstr,
+	size_t count);
+
+static void dirent_set_errno(int error);
+
+/*
+ * Open directory stream DIRNAME for read and return a pointer to the
+ * internal working area that is used to retrieve individual directory
+ * entries.
+ */
+static _WDIR*
+_wopendir(const wchar_t *dirname)
+{
+	_WDIR *dirp = NULL;
+	int error;
+
+	/* Must have directory name */
+	if (dirname == NULL || dirname[0] == '\0') {
+		dirent_set_errno(ENOENT);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Allocate new _WDIR structure */
+	dirp = (_WDIR *)malloc(sizeof(struct _WDIR));
+	if (dirp != NULL) {
+		DWORD n;
+
+		/* Reset _WDIR structure */
+		dirp->handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+		dirp->patt = NULL;
+		dirp->cached = 0;
+
+		/* Compute the length of full path plus zero terminator
+		 *
+		 * Note that on WinRT there's no way to convert relative paths
+		 * into absolute paths, so just assume its an absolute path.
+		 */
+	#if defined(WINAPI_FAMILY) && (WINAPI_FAMILY == WINAPI_FAMILY_PHONE_APP)
+		n = wcslen(dirname);
+	#else
+		n = GetFullPathNameW(dirname, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	#endif
+
+		/* Allocate room for absolute directory name and search
+		 * pattern
+		 */
+		dirp->patt = (wchar_t *)malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * n + 16);
+		if (dirp->patt) {
+			/* Convert relative directory name to an
+			 * absolute one. This allows rewinddir() to
+			 * function correctly even when  current working
+			 * directory is changed between opendir()
+			 * and rewinddir().
+			 *
+			 * Note that on WinRT there's no way to convert
+			 * relative paths into absolute paths, so just
+			 * assume its an absolute path.
+			 */
+			#if defined(WINAPI_FAMILY) &&                   \
+				(WINAPI_FAMILY == WINAPI_FAMILY_PHONE_APP)
+			wcsncpy_s(dirp->patt, n + 1, dirname, n);
+			#else
+			n = GetFullPathNameW(dirname, n, dirp->patt, NULL);
+			#endif
+			if (n > 0) {
+				wchar_t *p;
+
+				/* Append search pattern \* to the directory
+				 * name
+				 */
+				p = dirp->patt + n;
+				if (dirp->patt < p) {
+					switch (p[-1]) {
+					case '\\':
+					case '/':
+					case ':':
+					/* Directory ends in path separator,
+					 * e.g.c:\temp\
+					 */
+						/*NOP*/;
+						break;
+
+					default:
+					/* Directory name doesn't end in path
+					 * separator
+					 */
+						*p++ = '\\';
+					}
+				}
+				*p++ = '*';
+				*p = '\0';
+
+				/* Open directory stream and retrieve the first
+				 * entry
+				 */
+				if (dirent_first(dirp)) {
+				/* Directory stream opened successfully */
+					error = 0;
+				} else {
+					/* Cannot retrieve first entry */
+					error = 1;
+					dirent_set_errno(ENOENT);
+				}
+
+			} else {
+				/* Cannot retrieve full path name */
+				dirent_set_errno(ENOENT);
+				error = 1;
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			/* Cannot allocate memory for search pattern */
+			error = 1;
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		/* Cannot allocate _WDIR structure */
+		error = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Clean up in case of error */
+	if (error  &&  dirp) {
+		_wclosedir(dirp);
+		dirp = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return dirp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Close directory stream opened by opendir() function.
+ * This invalidates the DIR structure as well as any directory
+ * entry read previously by _wreaddir().
+ */
+static int
+_wclosedir(_WDIR *dirp)
+{
+	int ok;
+	if (dirp) {
+
+		/* Release search handle */
+		if (dirp->handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+			FindClose(dirp->handle);
+			dirp->handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+		}
+
+		/* Release search pattern */
+		if (dirp->patt) {
+			free(dirp->patt);
+			dirp->patt = NULL;
+		}
+
+		/* Release directory structure */
+		free(dirp);
+		ok = /*success*/0;
+
+	} else {
+		/* Invalid directory stream */
+		dirent_set_errno(EBADF);
+		ok = /*failure*/-1;
+	}
+	return ok;
+}
+
+/* Get first directory entry (internal) */
+static WIN32_FIND_DATAW*
+dirent_first(_WDIR *dirp)
+{
+	WIN32_FIND_DATAW *datap;
+
+	/* Open directory and retrieve the first entry */
+	dirp->handle = FindFirstFileExW(
+		dirp->patt, FindExInfoStandard, &dirp->data,
+		FindExSearchNameMatch, NULL, 0);
+	if (dirp->handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+
+		/* a directory entry is now waiting in memory */
+		datap = &dirp->data;
+		dirp->cached = 1;
+
+	} else {
+
+		/* Failed to re-open directory: no directory entry in memory */
+		dirp->cached = 0;
+		datap = NULL;
+
+	}
+	return datap;
+}
+
+/* Get next directory entry (internal) */
+static WIN32_FIND_DATAW*
+dirent_next(_WDIR *dirp)
+{
+	WIN32_FIND_DATAW *p;
+
+	/* Get next directory entry */
+	if (dirp->cached != 0) {
+
+		/* A valid directory entry already in memory */
+		p = &dirp->data;
+		dirp->cached = 0;
+
+	} else if (dirp->handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+
+		/* Get the next directory entry from stream */
+		if (FindNextFileW(dirp->handle, &dirp->data) != FALSE) {
+			/* Got a file */
+			p = &dirp->data;
+		} else {
+			/* The very last entry has been processed
+			 *or an error occurred
+			 */
+			FindClose(dirp->handle);
+			dirp->handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+			p = NULL;
+		}
+
+	} else {
+
+		/* End of directory stream reached */
+		p = NULL;
+
+	}
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Open directory stream using plain old C-string.
+ */
+static DIR*
+opendir(const char *dirname)
+{
+	struct DIR *dirp;
+	int error;
+
+	/* Must have directory name */
+	if (dirname == NULL || dirname[0] == '\0') {
+		dirent_set_errno(ENOENT);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Allocate memory for DIR structure */
+	dirp = (DIR *)malloc(sizeof(struct DIR));
+	if (dirp) {
+		wchar_t wname[PATH_MAX];
+		size_t n;
+
+		/* Convert directory name to wide-character string */
+		error = dirent_mbstowcs_s(&n, wname, PATH_MAX,
+			dirname, PATH_MAX);
+		if (!error) {
+
+			/* Open directory stream using wide-character name */
+			dirp->wdirp = _wopendir(wname);
+			if (dirp->wdirp) {
+				/* Directory stream opened */
+				error = 0;
+			} else {
+				/* Failed to open directory stream */
+				error = 1;
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Cannot convert file name to wide-character string.
+			 * This occurs if the string contains invalid multi-byte
+			 * sequences or the output buffer is too small to
+			 * contain the resulting string.
+			 */
+			error = 1;
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		/* Cannot allocate DIR structure */
+		error = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Clean up in case of error */
+	if (error  &&  dirp) {
+		free(dirp);
+		dirp = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return dirp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read next directory entry.
+ *
+ * When working with text consoles, please note that file names
+ * returned by readdir() are represented in the default ANSI code
+ * page while any output toconsole is typically formatted on another
+ * code page. Thus, non-ASCII characters in file names will not usually
+ * display correctly on console. The problem can be fixed in two ways:
+ * (1) change the character set of console to 1252 using chcp utility
+ * and use Lucida Console font, or (2) use _cprintf function when
+ * writing to console. The _cprinf() will re-encode ANSI strings to the
+ * console code page so many non-ASCII characters will display correcly.
+ */
+static struct dirent*
+readdir(DIR *dirp)
+{
+	WIN32_FIND_DATAW *datap;
+	struct dirent *entp;
+
+	/* Read next directory entry */
+	datap = dirent_next(dirp->wdirp);
+	if (datap) {
+		size_t n;
+		int error;
+
+		/* Attempt to convert file name to multi-byte string */
+		error = dirent_wcstombs_s(&n, dirp->ent.d_name,
+			PATH_MAX, datap->cFileName, PATH_MAX);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the file name cannot be represented by a multi-byte
+		 * string, then attempt to use old 8+3 file name.
+		 * This allows traditional Unix-code to access some file
+		 * names despite of unicode characters, although file names
+		 * may seem unfamiliar to the user.
+		 *
+		 * Be ware that the code below cannot come up with a short
+		 * file name unless the file system provides one.  At least
+		 * VirtualBox shared folders fail to do this.
+		 */
+		if (error  &&  datap->cAlternateFileName[0] != '\0') {
+			error = dirent_wcstombs_s(
+				&n, dirp->ent.d_name, PATH_MAX,
+				datap->cAlternateFileName, PATH_MAX);
+		}
+
+		if (!error) {
+			DWORD attr;
+
+			/* Initialize directory entry for return */
+			entp = &dirp->ent;
+
+			/* Length of file name excluding zero terminator */
+			entp->d_namlen = n - 1;
+
+			/* File attributes */
+			attr = datap->dwFileAttributes;
+			if ((attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVICE) != 0)
+				entp->d_type = DT_CHR;
+			else if ((attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) != 0)
+				entp->d_type = DT_DIR;
+			else
+				entp->d_type = DT_REG;
+
+			/* Reset dummy fields */
+			entp->d_ino = 0;
+			entp->d_reclen = sizeof(struct dirent);
+
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Cannot convert file name to multi-byte string so
+			 * construct an errornous directory entry and return
+			 * that. Note that we cannot return NULL as that would
+			 * stop the processing of directory entries completely.
+			 */
+			entp = &dirp->ent;
+			entp->d_name[0] = '?';
+			entp->d_name[1] = '\0';
+			entp->d_namlen = 1;
+			entp->d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
+			entp->d_ino = 0;
+			entp->d_reclen = 0;
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		/* No more directory entries */
+		entp = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return entp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Close directory stream.
+ */
+static int
+closedir(DIR *dirp)
+{
+	int ok;
+	if (dirp) {
+
+		/* Close wide-character directory stream */
+		ok = _wclosedir(dirp->wdirp);
+		dirp->wdirp = NULL;
+
+		/* Release multi-byte character version */
+		free(dirp);
+
+	} else {
+
+		/* Invalid directory stream */
+		dirent_set_errno(EBADF);
+		ok = /*failure*/-1;
+
+	}
+	return ok;
+}
+
+/* Convert multi-byte string to wide character string */
+static int
+dirent_mbstowcs_s(
+	size_t *pReturnValue,
+	wchar_t *wcstr,
+	size_t sizeInWords,
+	const char *mbstr,
+	size_t count)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	#if defined(_MSC_VER)  &&  _MSC_VER >= 1400
+	/* Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or later */
+	error = mbstowcs_s(pReturnValue, wcstr,
+	sizeInWords, mbstr, count);
+	#else
+
+	/* Older Visual Studio or non-Microsoft compiler */
+	size_t n;
+
+	/* Convert to wide-character string (or count characters) */
+	n = mbstowcs(wcstr, mbstr, sizeInWords);
+	if (!wcstr || n < count) {
+
+		/* Zero-terminate output buffer */
+		if (wcstr  &&  sizeInWords) {
+			if (n >= sizeInWords)
+				n = sizeInWords - 1;
+			wcstr[n] = 0;
+		}
+
+		/* Length of resuting multi-byte string WITH zero
+		 *terminator
+		 */
+		if (pReturnValue)
+			*pReturnValue = n + 1;
+
+		/* Success */
+		error = 0;
+
+	} else {
+
+		/* Could not convert string */
+		error = 1;
+
+	}
+	#endif
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/* Convert wide-character string to multi-byte string */
+static int
+dirent_wcstombs_s(
+	size_t *pReturnValue,
+	char *mbstr,
+	size_t sizeInBytes, /* max size of mbstr */
+	const wchar_t *wcstr,
+	size_t count)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	#if defined(_MSC_VER)  &&  _MSC_VER >= 1400
+	/* Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or later */
+	error = wcstombs_s(pReturnValue, mbstr, sizeInBytes, wcstr, count);
+	#else
+	/* Older Visual Studio or non-Microsoft compiler */
+	size_t n;
+
+	/* Convert to multi-byte string
+	 * (or count the number of bytes needed)
+	 */
+	n = wcstombs(mbstr, wcstr, sizeInBytes);
+	if (!mbstr || n < count) {
+		/* Zero-terminate output buffer */
+		if (mbstr  &&  sizeInBytes) {
+			if (n >= sizeInBytes)
+				n = sizeInBytes - 1;
+			mbstr[n] = '\0';
+		}
+		/* Length of resulting multi-bytes string WITH
+		 *zero-terminator
+		 */
+		if (pReturnValue)
+			*pReturnValue = n + 1;
+		/* Success */
+		error = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* Cannot convert string */
+		error = 1;
+	}
+	#endif
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/* Set errno variable */
+static void
+dirent_set_errno(int error)
+{
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)  &&  _MSC_VER >= 1400
+	/* Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and later */
+	_set_errno(error);
+#else
+
+	/* Non-Microsoft compiler or older Microsoft compiler */
+	errno = error;
+#endif
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif /*DIRENT_H*/
