Description

Returns a list of filenames from a directory and mask specified in a previous InitDir statement. The mask is used to create a selection of file names, using the standard DOS wildcards "*" and "?".

Syntax

filenames = DirList()

Parameters

The DirList function returns a dynamic array of the operating system filenames found in the directory masked by the InitDir statement.

With each use of DirList(), a list of filenames will be returned from the specified directory. DirList() may be placed in a loop to obtain all the filenames in a large directory. The loop would continue until the list is empty. Filenames are separated by field marks (ASCII character 254).

See also

Drive()SetInitDirOptionsInitDir

Example

/* Looks at each file in the C:\WINDOWS directory. 
Variable AB_COUNT keeps a count of the number of files with names starting with "A" or "B". */
InitDir "C:\WINDOWS\*.*"
AB_COUNT = 0
 
files = DirList()
 
position = 1
flag  = ""
Loop
   Remove this_file From files At position Setting flag
   first_letter = this_file[1,1]
   if first_letter _eqc "a" or first_letter _eqc "b" then
      AB_COUNT += 1
   end
While flag
Repeat
 
call msg(@window,"There are " : AB_COUNT : " files in the directory starting with an A or B.")
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