Directory parsing with C++ Std lib functions on XP

Hello, I'm having trouble with a recursive routine for traversing the
directory tree. It crashes when it's used on XP systems. Are there any known
irregularities with MSVC functions _findfirst() and _findnext() with this
OS? It appears to be that, or stack-related, I'd like to eliminate the
former cause if possible. TIA

"bruce varley" <bxvarley@weqstnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:43e740f1@quokka.wn.com.au...[color=blue]
> Hello, I'm having trouble with a recursive routine for traversing the
> directory tree. It crashes when it's used on XP systems. Are there any
> known
> irregularities with MSVC functions _findfirst() and _findnext() with this
> OS? It appears to be that, or stack-related, I'd like to eliminate the
> former cause if possible. TIA[/color]

I really didn't know _findfirst/_findnext still worked on XP -- so you are
*not* using FindFirstFile/FindNextFile (/FindClose)? Not sure it makes any
difference tho'.
There may be a very mundane reason for the crashes: XP really _likes_
subdirectories. Combine lots of these with long filenames and you might get
into stack related trouble.

[jongware]