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username 18 Sep 2017, 15:17
I need to get all files names of a folder but without the use of FindFirst and FindNext file APIs
Is there any way?
Maybe other API or a workaround?
(windows 7 or newer)
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Walter



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Walter 18 Sep 2017, 19:36
Code:
;*****************
;* Directory.asm *
;*****************

format pe console
entry start

include 'win32ax.inc'

section '.code' code readable executable

start:

    cinvoke system,"Dir /B C:\Fasm"
    cinvoke system,"Pause"
    invoke  ExitProcess,0
         
section '.idata' import data readable

    library kernel32,'KERNEL32.DLL',\
            msvcrt,'MSVCRT.DLL'
         
    import kernel32,\
           ExitProcess,'ExitProcess'

    import msvcrt,\
           system,'system'
    
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username 19 Sep 2017, 06:15
Thank you!
And how do I read the output in a buffer in my program (which is pe gui)?
Also, is it possible not to show the console window?
Appreciate the help!
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Furs



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Furs 19 Sep 2017, 16:58
Use CreateProcess to "cmd.exe" and send its stdout to a pipe that you read from your program. Pass the "dir" command above to cmd.exe's command line in CreateProcess.

Basically use CreatePipe, make the output to be cmd.exe's stdout and the input you read with ReadFile. There's guides out there on how to use pipes etc.

Yeah, it's pretty convoluted, because of your weird requirements of not using Find*File APIs.
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revolution 19 Sep 2017, 19:49
cmd.exe will just use those same APIs anyway. Not sure why the OP can't use them, but calling an external program to call them for you is going to be more work.
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username 22 Sep 2017, 08:25
All right
So are there any other API or anything else that don't use the 2 APIs? Something low level maybe?
Is it possible to get access to HDD sectors and read from there the files and their contents? I don't know how the files are managed and stored by windows os "under the hood"
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revolution
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revolution 22 Sep 2017, 08:57
username wrote:
Something low level maybe?
Is it possible to get access to HDD sectors and read from there the files and their contents?
Yes. You can use the \\.\PhysicalDriveX (where X is the drive number) filename to read the raw sectors. But you will have to parse the partition table and the file system data yourself. That would be a significant undertaking though.
username wrote:
I don't know how the files are managed and stored by windows os "under the hood"
FAT and NTFS are the two main file systems used. But others like UDF will come up also depending upon the media you are reading.
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Picnic



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Picnic 22 Sep 2017, 11:42
Hi, here's a workaround that uses pipes.

Code:
    format PE gui 4.0
    entry start

    include "..\include\win32ax.inc"

section ".data" data readable writeable

    pipe dd 0
    hMem dd 0
    lpBuffer dd 0
    cmd db "Dir /B C:\Fasm"

section ".code" code readable executable
start:

    cinvoke _popen, addr cmd, "rt"
    test eax, eax
    jz .exit

    mov dword [pipe], eax

    cinvoke malloc, 8192
    test eax, eax
    jz .exit

    mov dword [hMem], eax
    add eax, MAX_PATH
    mov dword [lpBuffer], eax

    cinvoke memset, dword [hMem], 0, 8192

    .loop:
    cinvoke fgets, dword [hMem], MAX_PATH, dword [pipe]
    test eax, eax
    jz .close
    cinvoke strcat, dword [lpBuffer], dword [hMem]
    jmp .loop

    .close:
    cinvoke _pclose, dword [pipe]

    invoke MessageBox, HWND_DESKTOP, dword [lpBuffer], addr cmd, MB_OK

    cinvoke free, dword [hMem]

    .exit:
    invoke ExitProcess, 0

section ".idata" import data readable writeable

    library\
    kernel32,"kernel32.dll",\
    user32,"user32.dll",\
    msvcrt,"msvcrt.dll"

import kernel32,\
    ExitProcess,'ExitProcess'

import user32,\
    MessageBox,"MessageBoxA"

import msvcrt,\
    fgets,"fgets",\
    free,"free",\
    malloc,"malloc",\
    memset,"memset",\
    _popen,"_popen",\
    _pclose,"_pclose",\
    strcat,"strcat"
    


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vivik



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vivik 29 Sep 2017, 13:29
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44658284/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-get-only-directory-list/44659843#44659843

NtQueryDirectoryFile

This is probably related. Looks like quite a mindfuck though.
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