Getting a Directory Listing

[David Harrison]

Not exactly a Cloverleaf problem but I know there is a wealth of tcl knowledge in this forum.

I need to get a list of filenames in a Windows directory in tcl.  I can get it to work in unix using the ls command:

Code:

set parsein “c:\lcwptest\”
set wild “*”
set flag “.rdy”
set flist [ls $parsein$wild$flag]

This doesn

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[James Cobane]

David,

You might want to check out the ‘glob’ and ‘file’ commands within Tcl.

[David Harrison]

Thanks Jim,

I stumbled upon the glob command and it looks like it will do the job.

Code:

set parsein “c:\lcwptest\”
set flag “.rdy”
set wild “*”
set flist [glob -nocomplain -directory $parsein — $wild$flag]
puts $flist

=> {c:lcwptestdave.rdy} {c:lcwptestfred.rdy}

Regards,

Dave

[Jim Kosloskey]

David,

If I remember correctly the glob -directory returns all of the files in the directory including links, directories, and files.

It might be prudent to use the files command (with appropriate sub-commands) to select just the files that are directories if that is your interest.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[David Harrison]

Jim (K),

I take your point but in this case I

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