Can Filefindfirstfile Go Into Subdirectories?

[kalayaan]

hi,

i may be missing something but can FileFIndFirstfile search subdirectories?. i read through the help file but i didn't find any mention of it.

appreciate your help.

kala

[trids]

You might want to try parsing the results of the DOS Dir command, which you can switch to search recursively...

RunWait(@Comspec & " /c Dir C:\Winnt\Temp /s/b > C:\_ParseThis.TXT", "", @SW_HIDE)

Of course, you can also tune it to look for file masks (*.XLS, say), or to discriminate between files and folders. At the DOS prompt say Dir /? for inspiration

[kalayaan]

thanks for the idea

[kalayaan]

Just a follow-up.

Is there a way to pass the result of the dir command directly into a variable or an array instead of into a temporary text file? Like:

$A = RunWait(@Comspec & " /c Dir MyFile.doc /s/b", "", @SW_HIDE)

But that didn't work though. It only passed the exit code of the dos command (0 if not found, 1 if found)

Thanks alot.

Edited March 31, 2004 by kalayaan

[redndahead]

Nope but you can use a combination of exporting the results to a text file and then using the UDF _FileReadToArray() that comes with AutoITV3.

red

[ezzetabi]

Easy as cake....

Run(@comspec &" /c dir "& $FOLDER & "\" & $WILDCARDS &" /b/s >"& @TempDir &"\list.tmp")

And parse the file @temp\list.tmp with a FileReadLine loop.

EDIT: OPS... I didnt saw that the answer were already there...

EZZETABI

:iamstupid:

Edited March 31, 2004 by ezzetabi

[kalayaan]

Not to worry ezzetabi

Thanks guys for your kind responses.

I guess, it's either I use a long code (I found some all over the forum) using all AutoIt functions to go into subdirectories or use dos with a temporary text file. I'm thinking that parsing the text file is more simple (is it?) and anyways, I can delete the file afterwards. (I'd appreciate more tips, though)

BTW, what I was trying to do was for the code to look into several directories (some with subdirs) that I use to store my unsorted downloads from the internet and move any file found into another drive at the end of the day.

Thanks a lot.

[scriptkitty]

The list into an array can be done in a line or two.

I took a few more to display it out for ya.

I personally like to hide the dos window, and using runwait on the dos box keeps you with the correct data ( AutoIt might process the file before Dos is done making the file.)

I also replace @LF so I have a cleaner array (do to the way I read it in.)

$folder="C:\Documents and Settings\scriptkitty\My Documents"
$wildcards="*.*"
Runwait(@comspec &' /c dir "'& $FOLDER & '\' & $WILDCARDS &'" /b/s >'& @TempDir &'\list.tmp',"",@SW_HIDE)
$lines=StringSplit(Stringreplace(fileread(@TempDir & "\list.tmp",FileGetSize (@TempDir &"\list.tmp")),@lf,""),@CR)

$alllines=""
for $i=1 to $lines[0]-1
$alllines=$alllines& @crlf &"File"&$i & " = "&$lines[$i]
next
msgbox(1,$lines[0],$alllines)

edit.. I would also use ' and add the " so that you can use long filenames in your searches, Dos is kinda perticular sometimes.

Edited March 31, 2004 by scriptkitty

[ezzetabi]

RunWait is usually better as ScriptKiddy said, but I can give an other advice...

If the operation are long like in big folders you can put a ToolTip... Like

ToolTip("Searching....",@desktopheight /3,0); A often unused part of the screen
RunWait(@comspec &" /c dir "& $FOLDER & "\" & $WILDCARDS &" /b/s >"& @TempDir &"\list.tmp")
ToolTip("")

Edited March 31, 2004 by ezzetabi

[kalayaan]

Many many thanks.