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	write a small program that will process all files in a 			designated dir, which 
contains files and dirs, by examining each 	file entry and sums it to a 
total, which is less than some 			arbitrarily entered size, [in this case 
<=650MB since the purpose 	is to aggregate chunks of the original dir into 
separate dirs <=650MB for burning to a CD], and if the total <=650MB, 
then, move that entry into the new "burn" dir, and continue until a 
total <=650MB is reached, then stop.

In this way I can take an arbitrary size dir and allocate it to any 
number of burn dirs of <=650MB, then burn 'em.

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2 Problems:

1-The compiler is complaining about uninitialed variables within a 
"while" loop. How do I properly initialize numeric variables within the 
loop ?

2-I also need to traverse a dir that itself contains dirs, processing 
each file and dir. How do I traverse such a dir such that....when a dir 
is encountered it is entered and all the files in it are then processed, 
and if necessary drills down through other dirs [howto control depth 
?]...before returning to the original dir that contained files and dirs ?

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Appreciatively,
Courtney



-- 
s/v Mutiny
Rhodes Bounty II
lying Oriental, NC
WDB5619


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