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MightyMouse



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Then using Dir "C:\\temp\\*.txt", return I get a list of files.

When using DirEx C:\\temp\\*.txt", return it return nothing, I need the full file path so I can then zip the files.

What am I mising?
Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:15 pm View user's profile Send private message
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What do you get if you use it with *.* mask as opposite to *.txt?
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MightyMouse



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Here is a better example of the code.

Dim file_folder String "C:\\Test\*.txt"
Dim file_list String
Dim zipfile String "C:\\Test\\ziptest.zip"

DirEx file_folder, file_list
FileZip, zipfile, file_list

The DirEx doesn't return any files, even though there are txt files in the folder.
Thu Jun 04, 2015 2:42 pm View user's profile Send private message
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Would you please answer my question? I still need to know what you get with *.*
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MightyMouse



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Still nothing returned using the *.*, is there limit on the number of files??
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The limit should be 32 K if I get it correctly.
Now, would you please try FindFilesEx instead of DirEX. Does that work for you?

Which version of 24x7 are you running?
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MightyMouse



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There are over 50K files.
Version 5.1 Build 405
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There are over 50K files.

This could be it.

But here are 2 simple workaround. To me the second method seems to be more elegant.

1. Instead of using DirEx statement in JAL, you can obtain file listing by spawning an external DOS dir command.

Code:
Dim process_id, number
Dim output, string

// Run "dir" in bare format and capture output
RunAndWait( "cmd /C dir C:\\temp\\*.txt /B /S >> C:\\some_folder\\dir_out.txt" , "", 0, process_id )
// Read the output file for error checking
FileReadAll( "C:\\some_folder\\dir_out.txt", output )
// .. parse the list and do something with the files ...


2. Using FileFindFirst and FileFindNext

Code:
Dim found, boolean
Dim fileName, string

FileFindFirst( "C:\\temp\\*.txt", fileName, found )
LoopWhile( found, END_LOOP )
   // add path
   Concat( "C:\\temp\\", fileName, fileName )
   // ... do something with the file here ...

   // get next file
   FileFindNext( fileName, found )
END_LOOP:

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