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#ifndef FILE_H

#define FILE_H

#include <vector>
#include <string>


class File{
	public:
		File(std::string);
		File(char*);

		std::vector<File> getList();
		bool isDir();
		bool isFile();
		bool Exists();
		std::string getName();
		
	private:
		void whatAmI();
		
  		std::vector<File> children;
		std::string name;
		bool isdir;
		bool isfile;
		bool exists;		
};
#endif

SOURCEFILE

#include <dirent.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

File::File(std::string nm): name(nm), isdir(false), exists(false), isfile(false) {whatAmI();}

File::File(char* nm): name(nm), isdir(false), exists(false), isfile(false) {whatAmI();}

std::vector<File> File::getList()
{
	if(isdir){
		DIR *dir;
		struct dirent *ent;
	
 		if ((dir = opendir(name.c_str())) == 0){
 			printf("Unable to open directory %s", name.c_str());
 		}
   	
   		while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL){
   			children.push_back(name + "/" + ent->d_name);
 		}

		if (closedir(dir) != 0){
 			printf("Unable to close directory %s", name.c_str());
		}
 	}
	return children;
}

bool File::isDir()
{
	return isdir;
}

bool File::isFile()
{
	return isfile;
}

bool File::Exists()
{
	return exists;
}

void File::whatAmI()
{
	FILE* tempfile;
	DIR* tempdir;
	// test for directory
	if ((tempdir = opendir(name.c_str())) != 0){
		isdir = exists = true;
		closedir(tempdir);
	}
	// test for file
	else if ((tempfile = fopen(name.c_str(), "r")) != 0){
		isfile = exists = true; // is a file implicitly by not being a dir
		fclose(tempfile);
	} 
	// neither file nor directory
 	else {
 		exists = false; 
		name.empty(); 
	}
}

std::string File::getName(){
	return name;
}

EXAMPLE MAIN

#include <stdlib.h>
#include "file.h"

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  File dir("c:/temp/");
  std::vector<File> templist = dir.getList();
  
  printf("File properties:\n");
  printf("Exists:\t\t%s\n", dir.Exists()?"Yes":"No");
  printf("File:\t\t%s\n", dir.isFile()?"Yes":"No");
  printf("Directory:\t%s\n\n", dir.isDir()?"Yes":"No");
  
  if(dir.isDir()){
  	printf("Childs:\n");
  	for(int x = 0; x < templist.size(); x++){
  		printf("%s\t%s\n", templist[x].isDir()?"dir":"file", templist[x].getName().c_str());
  	}
  }
  
  system("PAUSE");	
  return 0;
}