| Dir.GetLong | Part of Dir module |
| Syntax | Dir.GetLong (streamNumber : int, var entryName : string,
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| Description | Dir.GetLong is part of a series of four subprograms that help users get directory listings. Dir.GetLong is used to get the names and assorted information of the files in the directory. Each time the function is called, it returns the name and information of the next file in the directory. The names are not sorted. When there are no more file names in the directory, Dir.GetLong returns the empty string in the entryName parameter. The size parameter is the size of the file in bytes. The attribute parameter has its individual bits set as follows (the individual bits can be extracted using the bits operator): Bit 0 attrDir set to 1 if entry is a directory. Bit 1 attrRead set to 1 if the program can read the file. Bit 2 attrWrite set to 1 if the program can write the file. Bit 3 attrExecute set to 1 if the program can execute the file. Bit 4 attrHidden set to 1 if the entry if a hidden file (PC, Mac). Bit 5 attrSystem set to 1 if the entry is a system file (PC only). Bit 6 attrVolume set to 1 if the entry is a volume name (PC only). Bit 7 attrArchive set to 1 if the entry has archive bit set (PC only). The attr... constants are defined in the Dir unit. They correspond to the values of attribute if a specified bit is set. For example, attrSystem is the value of the attribute parameter if bit 5 is set to 1. You can and or or these constants to get combinations of specific file attributes. The fileTime is the time of last modification of the file. It is returned as the number of seconds since 00:00:00 GMT 1/1/1970. To convert this to a string, use Time.SecDate
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| Details | If the Dir.GetLong call fails, then Error.Last will return a non-zero value indicating the reason for the failure. Error.LastMsg will return a string which contains the textual version of the error.
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| Example | This program prints a listing of all the files in the directory datafiles.
var streamNumber : int
var fileName : string
var size, attribute, fileTime : int
streamNumber := Dir.Open ("datafiles")
assert streamNumber > 0
loop
Dir.GetLong (streamNumber, fileName, size, attribute, fileTime)
exit when fileName = ""
put fileName, " ", Time.SecDate (fileTime)
end loop
Dir.Close (streamNumber)
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| Example | This program prints a listing of the attributes of all the files in the current directory.
var streamNumber : int
var fileName : string
var size, attribute, fileTime : int
streamNumber := Dir.Open (Dir.Current)
assert streamNumber > 0
loop
Dir.GetLong (streamNumber, fileName, size, attribute, fileTime)
exit when fileName = ""
put fileName, " "..
if (attribute and attrDir) not= 0 then
put "Directory "..
end if
if (attribute and attrRead) not= 0 then
put "Readable "..
end if
if (attribute and attrWrite) not= 0 then
put "Writeable "..
end if
if (attribute and attrExecute) not= 0 then
put "Executable "..
end if
put ""
end loop
Dir.Close (streamNumber)
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| Status | Exported qualified. This means that you can only call the function by calling Dir.GetLong, not by calling GetLong.
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