Bug In DIR$ Command???

[Doug Gamble]

Why doesn't DIR$("C:\*.*", %ATTR_DIR) return only directories?? When
I run the command and then test the result files using GETATTR the
files are clearly not directories. Am I doing something wrong? Do I
have to use FindFirstFile/FindNextFile APIs to retrieve only
directories?

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Thanks,

Doug Gamble
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[Lance Edmonds]

That behavior is by design and is documented in DIR$:

"If attribute is specified, it must use a standard operating system attribute code, causing DIR$ to include names of that attribute in the search, in addition to regular files."

In other words, if you want to get a list containing just directories, you should test the attribute for each file, and exclude non-directory filenames. See GETATTR() for more information.


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[Paul Dwyer]

Or use the API, which is what I'm doing at the moment



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Paul Dwyer
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[Scott Turchin]

Let me throw a tip in that will save you a headache too, think Fred turned me onto this one:

Do the findfile, findnext file (in a loop) and this is how I treat it:

   Select Case Left$(FindData.cFileName,1)
          Case "." 'Ignore these directories
          Case "_" 'Front page directories
          Case Else 'The critical one:
                If Bit(FindData.dwFileAttributes, 4)=1 Then  '=> This is a folder (directory)
                  'Process, or do whatever
                End If
   End Select

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[Brian Reynolds]

I had a bit of trouble getting DIR$ to work in PBDLL so I followed
the way I used it in PB35 and it worked okay.
I think the PBDLL manual needs a bit more explanatory info.
Regards,
Brian


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[Egbert Zijlema]

Doug,
Did you to consider to use this mask: "C:\*", combined with attrib-value 16? Directories don't have an extension (in most cases). This mask is searching for filenames without an extension.


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[Lance Edmonds]

Ugh! That is hardly a reliable method of operation, given that Long File Names and directories can contain many periods.

For example:
"C:\Program Files\MyApp Revision 1.2.3.123a\folder 1.2"


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Lance
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[Lance Edmonds]

BTW, FindFirstFile() is used internally by DIR$.



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Lance
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[Paul Dwyer]

Correction Lance

FindFirstFileA() is used in DIR$

I'll never quit!!

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[Egbert Zijlema]

Sorry Lance!

This was the way I did it in the good old days under DOS (8.3 filenames). You're right, it's unreliable under Windows.

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