diff --git a/dpi/file.cc b/dpi/file.cc
index 70ae7fe..57d62ee 100644
--- a/dpi/file.cc
+++ b/dpi/file.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 #include "dpiutil.hh"
 #include "d_size.h"
 
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <compare>
+
 /*
  * Debugging macros
  */
@@ -69,18 +74,20 @@ typedef enum {
    st_err
 } FileState;
 
-typedef struct {
-   char *full_path;
+struct FileInfo {
+   std::string full_path;
    const char *filename;
    off_t size;
    mode_t mode;
    time_t mtime;
-} FileInfo;
 
-typedef struct {
-   char *dirname;
-   Dlist *flist;       /* List of files and subdirectories (for sorting) */
-} DilloDir;
+   std::strong_ordering operator <=> ( const FileInfo & ) const;
+};
+
+struct DilloDir {
+   std::string dirname;
+   std::vector< std::unique_ptr< FileInfo > > flist;       /* List of files and subdirectories (for sorting) */
+};
 
 typedef struct {
    Dsh *sh;
@@ -202,6 +209,17 @@ static int File_comp(const FileInfo *f1, const FileInfo *f2)
    }
 }
 
+std::strong_ordering
+FileInfo::operator <=> ( const FileInfo &rhs ) const
+{
+    const auto &lhs= *this;
+	const auto result= File_comp( &lhs, &rhs );
+
+	if( result < 0 ) return std::strong_ordering::less;
+	if( result > 0 ) return std::strong_ordering::greater;
+	return std::strong_ordering::equal;
+}
+
 /*
  * Allocate a DilloDir structure, set safe values in it and sort the entries.
  */
@@ -210,19 +228,17 @@ static DilloDir *File_dillodir_new(char *dirname)
    struct stat sb;
    struct dirent *de;
    DIR *dir;
-   DilloDir *Ddir;
-   FileInfo *finfo;
-   char *fname;
+   std::unique_ptr< FileInfo > fifo;
+   std::string fname;
    int dirname_len;
 
    if (!(dir = opendir(dirname)))
       return NULL;
 
-   Ddir = dNew(DilloDir, 1);
-   Ddir->dirname = dStrdup(dirname);
-   Ddir->flist = dList_new(512);
+   auto Ddir = std::make_unique< DilloDir >();
+   Ddir->dirname = dirname;
 
-   dirname_len = strlen(Ddir->dirname);
+   dirname_len = Ddir->dirname.size();
 
    /* Scan every name and sort them */
    while ((de = readdir(dir)) != 0) {
@@ -238,28 +254,28 @@ static DilloDir *File_dillodir_new(char *dirname)
             continue;
       }
 
-      fname = dStrconcat(Ddir->dirname, de->d_name, NULL);
-      if (stat(fname, &sb) == -1) {
-         dFree(fname);
+      fname = Ddir->dirname + de->d_name;
+      if (stat(fname.c_str(), &sb) == -1) {
          continue;              /* ignore files we can't stat */
       }
 
-      finfo = dNew(FileInfo, 1);
+      auto finfo = std::make_unique< FileInfo >();
       finfo->full_path = fname;
-      finfo->filename = fname + dirname_len;
+      finfo->filename = finfo->full_path.c_str() + dirname_len;
       finfo->size = sb.st_size;
       finfo->mode = sb.st_mode;
       finfo->mtime = sb.st_mtime;
 
-      dList_append(Ddir->flist, finfo);
+      Ddir->flist.push_back( std::move( finfo ) );
    }
 
    closedir(dir);
 
    /* sort the entries */
-   dList_sort(Ddir->flist, (dCompareFunc)File_comp);
+   std::sort( begin( Ddir->flist ), end( Ddir->flist ),
+         []( const auto &lhs, const auto &rhs ) { return *lhs < *rhs; } );
 
-   return Ddir;
+   return Ddir.release();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -267,20 +283,7 @@ static DilloDir *File_dillodir_new(char *dirname)
  */
 static void File_dillodir_free(DilloDir *Ddir)
 {
-   int i;
-   FileInfo *finfo;
-
-   dReturn_if (Ddir == NULL);
-
-   for (i = 0; i < dList_length(Ddir->flist); ++i) {
-      finfo = reinterpret_cast< FileInfo * >( dList_nth_data(Ddir->flist, i) );
-      dFree(finfo->full_path);
-      dFree(finfo);
-   }
-
-   dList_free(Ddir->flist);
-   dFree(Ddir->dirname);
-   dFree(Ddir);
+   delete Ddir;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ static void File_info2html(ClientInfo *client, FileInfo *finfo, int n)
    } else if (finfo->mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)) {
       filecont = "Executable";
    } else {
-      filecont = File_content_type(finfo->full_path);
+      filecont = File_content_type(finfo->full_path.c_str());
       if (!filecont || !strcmp(filecont, "application/octet-stream"))
          filecont = "unknown";
    }
@@ -424,9 +427,9 @@ static void File_send_dir(ClientInfo *client)
       /* send HTTP header and HTML top part */
 
       /* Send page title */
-      auto Udirname = Escape_uri_str(Ddir->dirname, NULL);
+      auto Udirname = Escape_uri_str(Ddir->dirname.c_str(), NULL);
       HUdirname = Escape_html_str(Udirname.c_str());
-      Hdirname = Escape_html_str(Ddir->dirname);
+      Hdirname = Escape_html_str(Ddir->dirname.c_str());
 
       a_Dpip_dsh_printf(client->sh, 0,
          "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
@@ -445,13 +448,13 @@ static void File_send_dir(ClientInfo *client)
       }
 
       /* Output the parent directory */
-      File_print_parent_dir(client, Ddir->dirname);
+      File_print_parent_dir(client, Ddir->dirname.c_str());
 
       /* HTML style toggle */
       a_Dpip_dsh_write_str(client->sh, 0,
          "&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='dpi:/file/toggle'>%</a>\n");
 
-      if (dList_length(Ddir->flist)) {
+      if (not Ddir->flist.empty()) {
          if (client->old_style) {
             a_Dpip_dsh_write_str(client->sh, 0, "\n\n");
          } else {
@@ -473,13 +476,13 @@ static void File_send_dir(ClientInfo *client)
 
    } else if (client->state == st_http) {
       /* send directories as HTML contents */
-      for (n = 0; n < dList_length(Ddir->flist); ++n) {
-         File_info2html(client, reinterpret_cast< FileInfo * >( dList_nth_data(Ddir->flist,n) ), n+1);
+      for (n = 0; n < Ddir->flist.size(); ++n) {
+         File_info2html(client, Ddir->flist.at( n ).get(), n+1);
       }
 
       if (client->old_style) {
          a_Dpip_dsh_write_str(client->sh, 0, "</pre>\n");
-      } else if (dList_length(Ddir->flist)) {
+      } else if (not Ddir->flist.empty()) {
          a_Dpip_dsh_write_str(client->sh, 0, "</table>\n");
       }