Dir

Dir (Function)

Format

dir ( )
dir ( folder_name )

returns string_expression

Description

Open a folder to retrieve the names the files or folders that are contained in it.

Example

f$ = dir("c:\")
while f$ <> ""
   print f$
   f$ = dir()
end while

will display something like

$Recycle.Bin
autoexec.bat
Backup
Boot
bootmgr
Documents and Settings
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
MSOCache
pagefile.sys
Program Files
ProgramData
System Volume Information
temp
Users
Windows

See Also

Changedir, Close, Currentdir, Dir, Eof, Exists, Freefile, Kill, mkdir, Open, Openb, OpenFileDialog, OpenSerial, Read, Readbyte, Readline, Reset, rmdir, SaveFileDialog, Seek, Size, Write, Writebyte, Writeline

History

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