diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dcabdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+./.vscode
+./bin
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diff --git a/bin/main b/bin/main
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diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 573fdaa..40e7a01 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #include "main.h"
 //
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+//
 char *scanned_path;
 //
 void check_args(int argc, char *argv[]) {
@@ -11,11 +21,130 @@ void check_args(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     }
     scanned_path=realpath(_scanned_path, NULL);
 }
+// ulong file_size(char *path) {
+//     struct stat file_stat;
+    
+//     if (stat(path, &file_stat) == -1) {
+//         perror("stat failed");
+//         return -1;  // Return error
+//     }
+    
+//     if (!S_ISREG(file_stat->st_mode)) {
+//         fputs("Not a regular file\n", stderr);
+//         return -1;  // Not a regular file
+//     }
+    
+//     return file_stat->st_size;  // Return size in bytes
+// }
+// bool is_dir(char *path) {
+//     struct stat file_stat;
+    
+//     if (stat(path, &file_stat) == -1) {
+//         perror("stat failed");
+//         return false;  // Return error
+//     }
+    
+//     return S_ISDIR(file_stat->st_mode);
+// }
+// ulong cluster_size(char *path) {
+//     struct stat file_stat;
+    
+//     if (stat(path, &file_stat) == -1) {
+//         perror("stat failed");
+//         return -1;  // Return error
+//     }
+    
+//     if (!S_ISREG(file_stat->st_mode)) {
+//         fputs("Not a regular file\n", stderr);
+//         return -1;  // Not a regular file
+//     }
+    
+//     return file_stat->st_blocks * 512;
+// }
+void ls(struct path_node *node, char *path) {
+    // path
+    if(node->path==NULL) node->path=path;
+    // temporary size
+    node->size=0;
+    // children
+    int fd;
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    long nread;
+    struct linux_dirent64 *d;
+    int bpos;
+
+    // Open directory
+    fd = open(node->path, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        perror("open");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (1) {
+        // Read directory entries using system call
+        nread = syscall(SYS_getdents64, fd, buf, BUF_SIZE);
+        if (nread == -1) {
+            perror("getdents64");
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (nread == 0)  // End of directory
+            break;
+
+        // Process each entry in buffer
+        for (bpos = 0; bpos < nread;) {
+            d = (struct linux_dirent64 *)(buf + bpos);
+            bpos += d->d_reclen;
+
+            // Skip . and .. entries
+            if (strcmp(d->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(d->d_name, "..") == 0)
+                continue;
+
+            // Print filename (no path, no metadata)
+            // 
+            char *child_path=node->path;
+            strcat(child_path, "/");
+            strcat(child_path, d->d_name);
+
+            struct stat *file_stat=malloc(sizeof(struct stat));
+            // bool is_dir;
+            if (stat(child_path, file_stat) == -1) {
+                perror("stat failed");
+            }
+
+            long path_size=0;
+            switch (file_stat->st_mode & S_IFMT) {
+                case S_IFREG:
+                    path_size=file_stat->st_size;
+                    printf("FILE\t%ld\t%s\n", path_size, child_path);
+                    break;
+                case S_IFDIR:
+                    path_size=file_stat->st_blocks*512;
+                    printf("DIR\t%ld\t%s/\n", path_size, child_path);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    printf("UNKNOWN\t%ld\t%s\n", path_size, child_path);
+                    break;
+            }
+            free(child_path);
+            // free(file_stat);
+            // free(d);
+            printf("next...\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    close(fd);
+}
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     check_args(argc, argv);
-    printf("scanned path: %s\n",scanned_path);
+    printf("scanning:\t%s\n",scanned_path);
     //
-    path_node *parent_node=alloc;
+    struct path_node *parent_node=malloc(sizeof(struct path_node));
+    ls(parent_node, scanned_path);
+    // recursive_size(parent_node);
+    //
+    // print parent_node verbosely
+    free(parent_node);
     //
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index b7a8fc2..98cfdb5 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef __main_h__
 #define __main_h__
 //
+#define BUF_SIZE 4096
+//
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -9,8 +12,16 @@
 //
 struct path_node {
     char *path;
-    uint size;
-    struct path_node *next;
+    ulong size;
+    struct path_node *children[];
+};
+// Structure matching the kernel's getdents64 system call
+struct linux_dirent64 {
+    uint64_t        d_ino;     /* Inode number */
+    int64_t         d_off;     /* Offset to next structure */
+    unsigned short  d_reclen;  /* Length of this dirent */
+    unsigned char   d_type;    /* File type */
+    char            d_name[];  /* Null-terminated filename */
 };
 //
 #endif
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