how to get directory information ? 1

[Brezhnev]

Hi all1
I need to get number of files from a given directory and also names of those files. Is there any function in FoxPro to do that ? Or do I need to use some api ?
I experimented with list files /display files but still don't get eno info.

 

[JRB-Bldr]

As long as you know which directory you are looking at, you can use something like:

 mcDir = "C:\Temp"
 mnFileCount = ADIR(aryFiles, mcDir + "\*.DBF")
 ? "Number of Files Found: " + STR(mnFileCount)

Look up ADIR() in Foxpro's Help to get more information.

Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr

 

[Brezhnev]

thats exactly what i need ..thank a lot

 

[rgbean]

Just remember that until 9.0, you are limited to 13,000 files in a directory using ADIR() - 5 * 13,000 = 65,000 elements in an array.

Rick