using clipper application to locate files 2

[fbizzell]

Is there a clipper function or can a program be written in Clipper to locate a file and record the directory where the file is located? In other words I want to put in a file name, locate it with clipper and move it to another directory of my choice.

 

[Bozz]

Use DIRECTORY() or ADIR() to read a directory.
Use ASCAN() or AEVAL() to look for the filename.
Use COPY FILE or CA Tools FILECOPY()/FILEDELETE() or FILEMOVE() to move them.

You can then look for directories in the origional DIRECTORY() or ADIR() and do it all over again. Alternatively you could run a command line
DIR WHATFILE.EXE /S > FILENAME.TXT
and process the resulting text file that contains the results. Ian Boys
DTE Systems Ltd

 

[fbizzell]

Thanks. I will try using ADIR(). I had forgotten about that function.

 

[pbsd]

Be csreful when checking for the file name. Being 16-bit, Clipper's Directory fumction returns only DOS 8.3 file names, NOT long file names.

 

[Bozz]

Of course you could get Klas Engwell's long filename library. Ian Boys
DTE Systems Ltd

 

[Bozz]

Thinking about it the long filename problem is probably a very good reason to use the DIR > FILENAME.TXT method and analyser the text file. Ian Boys
DTE Systems Ltd

 

[fbizzell]

I used the Dir >filename.txt and then append the results into a data file that I created, then I only read the 4th record that contains the directory location. Kind of crude but it gets the job done.

 

[TonHu]

Bozz,

Could you elaborate on the long filename library? as I have used dblfn.lib, but that doesn't apply to W2K (can't find a file using 'restore from ...'), and I'm still looking for a good long filename 'plug-in' for Clipper.

TIA
TonHu

 

[Bozz]

http://www.engwall.com/clipper/lfnlib.htm

AFAIK it's OK for 95/98/2K/XP, NT didnot support it but there is even a fix for that on the site I think. It seems to get lots of praise, I haven't needed it yet.
Ian Boys
DTE Systems Ltd

 

[TonHu]

IAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for the link, have searched entire google, but no way to find Klas over there :-(
Trying out the lib right now, altough it's very late already s-)

Thanks a million!
TonHu