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int ansibackup(char * directory, DIR * dpntry) {
  struct dirent *dentry;
  mode_t perms = 0700;

  //As the loop progresses the bakdir (for some strange reason) keeps being appended
  //the stuff that should be appended to filepathname array. 
  //
  char bakdir[strlen(directory)];
  strcpy(bakdir,directory);



  dentry = readdir (dpntry);

  while (dentry != 0) {
    struct stat statdata;
    char filepathname[256]; //resets every loop iteration right?

    sprintf(filepathname, "%s/%s", directory, dentry->d_name);//I concat new stuff to filepathname
    printf("Looking at %s/%s\n", directory,dentry->d_name);
    dentry = readdir( dpntry);
  }
  return 1;
}