__Dir()*
Display listings of files
- Syntax
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- __Dir( [<cFileMask>] ) --> NIL
- Arguments
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- <cFileMask> File mask to include in the function return. It could contain path and standard wildcard characters as supported by your OS (like * and ?). If <cFileMask> contains no path, then SET DEFAULT path is used to display files in the mask.
- Returns
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- __Dir() always returns NIL.
- Description
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- If no <cFileMask> is given, __Dir() displays information about all *.dbf in the SET DEFAULT path. This information contains: file name, number of records, last update date and the size of each file.
- If <cFileMask> is given, __Dir() list all files that match the mask with the following details: Name, Extension, Size, Date.
- DIR command is preprocessed into __Dir() function during compile time.
- __Dir() is a compatibility function, it is superseded by DIRECTORY() which return all the information in a multidimensional array.
Examples
__Dir() // information for all DBF files in current directory
__Dir( "*.dbf" ) // list all DBF file in current directory
// list all PRG files in Harbour Run-Time library
// for DOS compatible operating systems
__Dir( "c:\harbour\source\rtl\*.prg" )
// list all files in the public section on a Unix like machine
__Dir( "/pub" )
- Status
- Ready
- Compliance
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- DBF information: CA-Clipper displays 8.3 file names, Harbour displays the first 15 characters of a long file name if available.
- File listing: To format file names displayed we use something like: PadR( Name, 8 ) + " " + PadR( Ext, 3 ) CA-Clipper use 8.3 file name, with Harbour it would probably cut long file names to feet this template.
- Files
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- Library is rtl
- See Also