Where oh where is my directory

[Perrone Ford]

Help , Althogh I wa originally developing this program
for TurboC I am interested if there is an ANSI way to
list the files in the current or another directory.  
What I am trying to accompish is to read the directory 
entries into a buffer and then print the buffer out in the
middle of a graphics routine

	In TurboC this would amount to being able to do soemthing
	like: 


#include <stdio.h>
#include <grphics.h>  /*  Maybe curses  */
main () 
{
char *listing;
listing = system("dir");
initgraph = DETECT;
initgraph(&graphdriver, &graphmode);
outtext(listing);
}



however whenever i make the system call, the screen gets trashed
whether or not i change the active or visual pages...
anyone got any good ideas?


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