| Re: Find files in windows, search subdirectories [message #41802] |
Sun, 28 November 2004 12:00 |
luxx
Messages: 3
Registered: October 2004
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Thank you very much Chris, that was easy!
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luciano.
"Christopher Lee" <cl@127.0.0.1> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:20041128.182743.1960709859.30829@moriarty.atm.ox.ac.uk. ..
> In article <2a162acf.0411280932.4691e311@posting.google.com>, "Luciano"
> <luxx@softhome.net> wrote:
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>> hi,
>> How do I find all the *.txt files, recursively inside all the
>> subddirectories from the path given ? In windows. I can only find them
>> for the base directory, using file_search, I cannot get it to search
>> inside subdirectories. The help on file_search sucks, I couldn't
>> descifer how to do it. I' m using idl 6.0, win xp.
>> thanks!
>
> Hi,
>
> Use the second form of file_search, i.e
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> result=file_search(directory_specification, recursive_pattern)
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> so, to find all *.txt files in the current directory and any
> sub-directories
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> result=file_search('.', '*.txt')
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> That's for Unix filesystems, you'll need to specify the directory
> properly for a Windows systems, I have no idea what '.' would translate
> to, possibly your home directory? use the full path 'c:\blah\'....
>
> Chris.
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| Re: Find files in windows, search subdirectories [message #41803 is a reply to message #41802] |
Sun, 28 November 2004 10:27  |
Chris Lee
Messages: 101
Registered: August 2003
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In article <2a162acf.0411280932.4691e311@posting.google.com>, "Luciano"
<luxx@softhome.net> wrote:
> hi,
> How do I find all the *.txt files, recursively inside all the
> subddirectories from the path given ? In windows. I can only find them
> for the base directory, using file_search, I cannot get it to search
> inside subdirectories. The help on file_search sucks, I couldn't
> descifer how to do it. I' m using idl 6.0, win xp.
> thanks!
Hi,
Use the second form of file_search, i.e
result=file_search(directory_specification, recursive_pattern)
so, to find all *.txt files in the current directory and any
sub-directories
result=file_search('.', '*.txt')
That's for Unix filesystems, you'll need to specify the directory
properly for a Windows systems, I have no idea what '.' would translate
to, possibly your home directory? use the full path 'c:\blah\'....
Chris.
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