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==== DirList function (None Specified) ====
=== At 17 MAR 1999 12:43:32PM Oystein Reigem wrote: ===
 
 
<QUOTE>
The docs say "DirList() may be placed in a loop to obtain all the filenames in a large directory". What does "large" mean?



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=== At 17 MAR 1999 01:06PM  amcauley@sprezzatura.com [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]Sprezzatura Ltd[/url] wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>[notag]No exact figures but it seems to bring back a K or so of info at a time so I ALWAYS use a loop just to be safe.



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=== At 17 MAR 1999 01:38PM Oystein Reigem wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Andrew,



A thousand *bytes* and not a thousand *files*? Not much.



But that was useful information. Thanks.



- Oystein -

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=== At 18 MAR 1999 10:03AM akaplan@sprezzatura.com - [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>initdir 'C:\REVSOFT\OINSIGHT\LATEST\*.*'



dim files(10)

mat files='

for i=1 to 10

[b]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[/b]files(i)=dirlist()

next



brings back all of Revboot in files(1)





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=== At 18 MAR 1999 11:18AM Oystein Reigem wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Aaron,



Thanks. I tried now with a folder with slightly more files, and got files(i) of sizes 3990, 3999, etc. So perhaps the limit is 4000 chars sharp.



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