getFileNamesRev()

Reverse of the function getFileNames().

Returns a list of all file or directory names in the directory dir that do NOT match the pattern pattern.

Synopsis

dyn_string getFileNamesRev([string dir = "." [, string pattern = "*"] [, int filter = FILTER_FILES]]);

Parameters

Parameter Description
dir Directory, for example, ".", "..", "/usr", PROJ_PATH, "C://"
pattern Pattern, for example, "*", "*.bak" or "?oo?.i*"
filter Filter can be a either FILTER_FILES (files) or FILTER_DIRS (directories) or a combination of FILTER_FILES and FILTER_DIRS.

Return value

The function returns a list of file or directory names

Description

Returns a list of all file or directory names in the directory dir that do NOT match the pattern pattern.

Example

The following example returns all the files that do not end in TMP:

main()
{
  int i;
  dyn_string t = getFileNamesRev("C:/TEMP", "*.tmp");
// Output:
  for (i=1; i<=dynlen(t); i++) DebugN(i, "", t[i]);
}

The following example returns all directories that do not end in "pictures":

main()
{
  int i;
  dyn_string t = getFileNamesRev("C:/Siemens/Automation/WinCC_OA
    /3.19","pictures",FILTER_DIRS);
// Output:
  for(i=1;i<=dynlen(t);i++) DebugN(i," ",t[i]);
}

Assignment

File function

Availability

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