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BriereAnthony
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Posted: 6th Mar 2011 02:03
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As the title says, I'm wondering if there's a way to get the name of every file within a path$ folder?

Thanks for your help!
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BatVink
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Posted: 6th Mar 2011 09:50
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Here you go, this uses the current directory (Set Dir) and lists all of its files.



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baxslash
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@Batvink, just out of interest does that method check sub-directories as well (including the sub-folder in the string) or would you have to do some additional code to loop through each sub-directory? I was trying to come up with a method of doing that a while ago (can't remember why now or even if I found a solution)

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BatVink
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 13:32
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@Baxslash: I think you might find a Matrix1 Utils command or two for that

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baxslash
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Posted: 9th Mar 2011 13:37
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Quote: "I think you might find a Matrix1 Utils command or two for that"

It wouldn't surprise me

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BatVink
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Posted: 10th Mar 2011 23:00
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I think I was wrong about the Matrix1 Utils, I can't find one...

http://www.matrix1.demon.co.uk/Matrix1Utils_Help/Matrix1Util_22_index.html

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Agent
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Posted: 24th Mar 2011 21:54
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Not to worry, the PERFORM CHECKLIST FOR FILES command fills the checklist with directory names as well (including present working directory [.] and parent directory [..]). If you ignore . and .. in the list, you can use any entry in the checklist that doesn't have a file extension as a list of directories within the present working directory. If you place the array population code within a function, you can recurse the function call until all subdirectories are exhausted.
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BriereAnthony
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Hey thanks about that PERFORM CHECKLIST FOR FILES function, that's exactly what I wanted!
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IanM
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My plug-ins don't provide a single-command answer to the problem, but they can make it very slightly easier by saving you having to save & restore the current directory:


If anyone has suggestions for how DBPro's 'getting a list of files/directories' can be bettered, then I'll be happy to hear it.

Get the latest Matrix1Utility plug-ins (23-DEC-2010)
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baxslash
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Posted: 25th Mar 2011 10:59
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Nice. I'd be impressed if that could be improved upon.

Must learn more of your commands IanM

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