pathlib exclude hidden file

To exclude hidden files using the pathlib module in C, you can follow these steps:

Import the necessary modules: Begin by importing the required modules for working with paths and files in C. In this case, you need to import dirent.h and sys/stat.h.
Open the directory: Use the opendir() function to open the directory you want to work with. This function takes the path to the directory as an argument and returns a pointer to the directory stream.
Read the directory: Use the readdir() function to read the contents of the directory. This function returns a pointer to a structure that contains information about the next entry in the directory.
Exclude hidden files: Iterate over the entries in the directory using a loop. For each entry, check if it is a hidden file. You can do this by checking if the filename starts with a dot ('.'). If the file is not hidden, you can perform the desired operations on it.
Close the directory: After you have finished working with the directory, close it using the closedir() function. This function takes the directory stream pointer as an argument and closes the directory.

Here is an example code snippet that demonstrates these steps:

#include <dirent.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

int main() {
    DIR *dir;
    struct dirent *entry;
    struct stat fileStat;

    dir = opendir("path_to_directory");
    if (dir == NULL) {
        perror("Error opening directory");
        return 1;
    }

    while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
        stat(entry->d_name, &fileStat);

        if (!S_ISDIR(fileStat.st_mode) && entry->d_name[0] != '.') {
            printf("%s\n", entry->d_name);
        }
    }

    closedir(dir);
    return 0;
}

In this example, replace "path_to_directory" with the actual path to the directory you want to work with. The code will iterate over all the entries in the directory and print the names of the non-hidden files.

Please note that this example assumes that you have basic knowledge of the C programming language and how to work with files and directories. It is important to handle any potential errors that may occur during the process, such as failure to open the directory or read its contents.