How do you recover a pointer root names of the file systems?

IE a pointer to /sd, /local, /usb name list. For FTP cwd and dir commands.  

Hi Dean,

You can do a directory listing of the root. Would this give you what you need? For example:

// example writing to SD card, sford

#include "mbed.h"
#include "SDFileSystem.h"

LocalFileSystem local("local");
SDFileSystem sd(p5, p6, p7, p8, "sd"); // the pinout on the mbed Cool Components workshop board

int main() {

	printf("List of files in /\n");

	DIR *d;
	struct dirent *p;
	d = opendir("/");
    if(d != NULL) {
        while((p = readdir(d)) != NULL) {
        	printf(" - %s\n", p->d_name);
        }
    } else {
    	error("Could not open directory!");
    }
}

There is no real operating system here, so it is not like you are on linux etc, but I suspect this enough for now. Would be interested in any other feedback around more OS-like functions you feel you need.

Simon

Thank you Simon

Most of the FTP server works now.

But how do you get a file's/dir's attributes IE: mode & size, not just the name (xxx->d_name).

Dean.

I know this is pretty old but it was the most helpful topic I found on what I searched for. Is there a way to do directories (meaning subdirectories containing files) with LocalFileSystem?

Subdirectories aren't supported. Check the Handbook page for the LocalFileSystem, under "Implementation Details".

Oh crap I missed that. Thanks.