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ADIR() on a very large directory
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08/12/2004 17:06:28
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
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Visual FoxPro
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>I need to know the name of every single file in a directory
>
>I'm trying to run adir() in a very large directory about 100,000 files; the problem is that VFP array limit is 65,000 elements, so the names of the files do not fit in the array (I get an invalid subscript reference error).
>
>I could do "DIR *.* to file DIR.TXT" then extract the names from the text file. Is there any easyer way to get all the file names in the directory? or better in a string variable separated by commas?
>
>Thanks in advance

Jorge,
Use filer.dll that comes with foxpro.
Cetin
Çetin Basöz

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