INFO: Using ADIR() Function to Obtain MS-DOS File Information (100554)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.0
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.5
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.5a
This article was previously published under Q100554 SUMMARY
The ADIR() function can be used to return MS-DOS file information,
such as a file's date, time, size, and attributes.
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ADIR() places information about all files in the current directory, or
all files that match a file skeleton (such as "*.DBF") into an array,
then returns the number of matching files. For each file found, ADIR()
places the name, size, date, time, and MS-DOS attributes in the
specified array.
If the directory is empty or there are no matches for the file
skeleton, ADIR() does not create the array.
The following sample code demonstrates the use of the ADIR() function
to obtain file information for C:\COMMAND.COM:
=ADIR(FileInfo, "C:\COMMAND.COM")
DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE FileInfo
The DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE FileInfo command shows information similar
to the following:
FILEINFO Pub A
( 1, 1) C "COMMAND.COM"
( 1, 2) N 52925 (52925.00000000)
( 1, 3) D 03/10/93
( 1, 4) C " 6:00:00"
( 1, 5) C "R...."
According to these results, COMMAND.COM is 52,925 bytes in size, its date
is 3/10/93, its time is 6 A.M., and the Read-Only attribute is set.
NOTE: ADIR() can also be used to return a drive's volume name.
(c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Kevin Zollman, Microsoft Corporation. REFERENCES
"Language Reference," version 2.5, page L3-176
Online Help, FoxPro 2.5 and 2.5a for Windows
Online Help, FoxPro 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5a for MS-DOS
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 2/22/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbinfo KB100554 |
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