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Wildcard Matches for Directories
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22/02/2005 11:36:21
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows '98
Network:
Novell 6.x
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
00988969
Message ID:
00989284
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19
>>Is there a function out there that will perform similar to the sys(2000) function, but instead of rolling through files, one that will work with wildcard matches on folders? Basically, I have a folder with a bunch of folders within that with the first word as a username from my program, but it also has additional information in the folder's name following the username, but it seperated by a space. I want to be able to access that folder based on whom is logged in and use that username to go into that folder. Any ideas?
>
>You can use the ADIR() function to return the files in the current folder. Then you could spin throuh the elements of the array, checking the 5th element of each entry for a "D", meaning it's a folder.
>
>Be sure to tell ADIR() that you want to include folders by specifying a "D" in the 3rd argument!


This seemed like the easiest way to do it. I tried it on the command line, worked perfect. Did it in the code and it either would not setup the array correctly, or error out something directly following it. But, the command worked smooth and beautiful in the command box. What is up with that? I hate that when things run different than what they do interactively.
``` Appreciate a normal day, it is always better than a bad one ```

Kev
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