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MikeO
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Posted: 07:54pm 06 Aug 2017

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Hi can anyone confirm, it looks like the DIR parameter for the folder listing on DIR$ is broken on ver 5.0404.

If i run the following I get nothing when there are folders.

f$ = DIR$("*.*", DIR)
DO WHILE f$ <> ""
PRINT f$
f$ = DIR$()
LOOP

with Files command or with DIR$("*.*", FILE) in the above code it OK.

>Files
A:/
<DIR> 070817
<DIR> mike
100015 empty.txt
10 espnode.dat
4061 flowcode.txt
3 lingcode.txt
100015 logfile.txt
0 New Text Document.txt
12928 TEMP.BAS
0 TEST10.TXT
0 TEST11.TXT
0 TEST12.TXT
0 TEST3.TXT
0 TEST5.TXT
0 TEST7.TXT
0 TEST9.TXT
16 wifiname.dat
10 wifipass.dat
2 directories, 16 files

Running the Code

TEST12.TXT
TEST10.TXT
empty.txt
logfile.txt
TEST11.TXT
TEST7.TXT
TEST9.TXT
TEST5.TXT
TEST3.TXT
TEMP.BAS
lingcode.txt
flowcode.txt
New Text Document.txt
wifiname.dat
wifipass.dat
espnode.dat

I need this function unfortunately

Edited by MikeO 2017-08-08

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matherp
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Posted: 08:44pm 06 Aug 2017

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Try using "*" not "*.*"

MikeO
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Posted: 11:02pm 06 Aug 2017

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YEP

That fixed it, Thank you Mike

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MikeO
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Posted: 12:46am 07 Aug 2017

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Geoff, Peter, just a thought, if this is going to be a permanent change the documentation will need changing to reflect the new "wildcard" format.

Mike

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Geoffg

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Posted: 04:49am 07 Aug 2017

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This is not a "change" or a "new format". The command is doing what it should.

With *.* you are specifying two wildcards with a period in the middle. Your directory names did not have an embedded period so they did not match the search pattern.

I agree that DIR$("*.*", FILE) returning all files/directories is inconsistent and confusing. Perhaps the manual entry should go into more detail regarding wildcards.

GeoffEdited by Geoffg 2017-08-08

Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net

MikeO
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Posted: 12:01pm 07 Aug 2017

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Thanks for the clarification Geoff you are correct regarding a directory listing not normally having a period. I was caught a little as this was part of an old program and on previous versions of mmbasic had always worked.

Mike

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