posted July 27, 2002 05:36 PM              

Can it be used to compile directories as well as files?

If not is there a function that does?

Bob Westbrook

posted July 27, 2002 07:49 PM            

That is, DIR$ uses the Windows API to operate. If you are after direct disk access, you might research using Ring-0 (ie, device driver or kernel-mode driver) to do it. Info on direct hardware and port access can be found at www.lvr.com

posted July 28, 2002 06:25 AM              

Using the dir$ exemplar in the help file, I don't see how one
get's directories and subdirectories.

Can you direct?

Bob

posted July 28, 2002 07:20 AM            

#INCLUDE "win32api.inc"
FUNCTION PBMAIN
    CHDRIVE "c"
    CHDIR "\"
    mask$ = "*.*"
    f$ = DIR$(mask$, %subdir)
    WHILE LEN(f$)
        PRINT f$
        f$ = DIR$
    WEND
    WAITKEY$
END FUNCTION

posted July 28, 2002 01:08 PM            

in your example, DIR$ returns both directories and files.
Is there a way to get directories only without using getattr?

Regards

------------------
Eros Olmi
erosolmi@libero.it

posted July 28, 2002 01:34 PM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by Eros Olmi:
Is there a way to get directories only without using getattr?

---

For each DIR$ envoked, check the attribute bit. I can't remember
which bit it is but if the DIR$ is a directory, the bit will be
set.

Normally, a directory will have an attribute of 16. The function
"t = attrib(te$)" may return 16 or may not. If the folder is
hidden or other attributes are attached, the value will be
different. It's best to go ahead and check the binary string
of the value returned.

posted July 28, 2002 01:44 PM            

See "DIR$ function" in the doc's for more information.

To filter out directories, use a simple bitwise evaluation within the loop:

' %SUBDIR = 16 is defined in WIN32API.INC
f$ = DIR$(...)
DO 
  IF (GETATTR(f$) AND %SUBDIR) THEN ' f$ names a sub-directory
   ...
  END IF
  f$ = DIR$
LOOP

posted July 31, 2002 01:41 PM              

The %subdir feature here returns all of the files AND directories
as 16. Makes it a little hard to tell one from the other.

I installed the Getattr feature and it returns the attr correctly.

I'm curious the image.dat file returns an attr of 33. Not listed
in the help file.

What is 33?

Bob

posted July 31, 2002 02:07 PM              

Clearly not a directory. Is there a way to get around this?

Bob

posted July 31, 2002 02:17 PM            

16 (%SUBDIR) will never be returned for anything but a subdirectory.
Look for a bug in your code. Make sure you're not leaving the parentheses
off of the IF condition, here: you need the bitwise AND, not the Boolean AND,
as explained in the help file under IF.

That is, gotta be this:

IF (GETATTR(f$) AND %SUBDIR) THEN

IF GETATTR(f$) AND %SUBDIR THEN