Too Many Files in Directory

} else { create_directory(current, NULL, name); } break; default: sscanf(input, "%u %15s", &size, name); File *new_file = create_file(name, size); // I give up so I hardcode this part if (current->file) { current->file = new_file; } else if (current->file->next) { current->file->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next) { current->file->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else if (current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next) { current->file->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next->next = new_file; } else { fprintf(stderr, "Too many files in directory %s.\n", current->name); } break;

A photo shows a computer monitor displaying C code in Visual Studio Code. The programmer repeatedly checks deeper and deeper linked-list nodes with a long chain of hardcoded else-if statements, then prints “Too many files in directory,” making fun of giving up on a proper loop or data structure.

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