Re: [CODE] Patrick Dughi's DBS in VC6

From: Thomas Arp (t_arp@stofanet.dk)
Date: 12/19/02


----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Romanov" <rovlad@IPBI.RU>
> Hello there, ladies and gentlemen.
>
>   I have a little problem with the snippet stated in the subject,
>   which can be found here:
>
http://www.circlemud.org/pub/CircleMUD/contrib/code/utils/board-2.3.patch.gz
>   I've handpatched it into my 3.1 codebase, and the only problem I
>   have with it is boards.c file which has an include of <dirent.h>.
>   It simply doesn't exist in VC6, and while I know it handles
>   directory structures, I can't seem to find a replacement for it
>   within VC6. Is there any at all, or how should I manage without it?
>   Thanks in advance.
>

Have a look at microsofts migration guide at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnucmg/html/UCMGch09.asp?frame=true
(it's long, so search for dirent)

Your issue is due to MS not using the same dir structure as *nix.

The link should get you started, at least.

Welcor

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