Files Command

[fancom]

Is there a way to get the names of files and directories into an array listed by the command Files ?

 

[CubeE101]

I think there is a hack, but I can't remember off the top of my head...

for a quick workaround... 'pipe' the output to a text file...

Normal Use:
Dir *.txt

Pipe to 'C:\MyTmpDir.tmp' use:
Dir *.txt<C:\MyTmpDir.tmp

To use this in QB...

  Shell &quot;Dir &quot; + Path$ + &quot;*.txt<C:\MyTmpDir.tmp&quot;
  ArraySize = 0
  Open &quot;C:\MyTmpDir.tmp&quot; for Output As #1
    Do
      Line Input #1, A$
      ArraySize = ArraySize + 1
    Loop Until EOF(1)
  Close
  Redim MyArray$(ArraySize)
  Open &quot;C:\MyTmpDir.tmp&quot; for Output As #1
    For N = 1 to ArraySize
      Line Input #1, MyArray$(N)
    Next
  Close

Have Fun, Be Young... Code BASIC
-Josh

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[tsh73]

CubeE101,
I'm afraid to pipe output you should use &quot;>&quot; instead...
Ok,I tried that program in QBasic - one more thing: one need open for Input.
So, it goes like this:

   path$ = "c:\"
   SHELL "Dir " + path$ + "*.txt /b>C:\MyTmpDir.tmp"
   ASize = 0
   OPEN "C:\MyTmpDir.tmp" FOR INPUT AS #1
   DO
   LINE INPUT #1, A$
      ArraySize = ArraySize + 1
   LOOP UNTIL EOF(1)
   CLOSE
   REDIM MyArray$(ArraySize)
   OPEN "C:\MyTmpDir.tmp" FOR INPUT AS #1
   FOR N = 1 TO ArraySize
      LINE INPUT #1, MyArray$(N)
   NEXT
   CLOSE
   PRINT "Directory for "; path$; " (*.txt)"
   PRINT "Number of files: "; ArraySize
   FOR N = 1 TO ArraySize
      PRINT MyArray$(N)
   NEXT

 

[CubeE101]

That's right...

< pipes the text into the program...

> pipes the text to a file...

Thanks, i used to always use a program where you had to use the < pipe, so my mind associates pipe with <...

Sorry for the typo on the input also, thanks for the corrections

(I think I must have been Output Dyslexically Challenged (ODC) yesterday;-))


Have Fun, Be Young... Code BASIC
-Josh

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