Get the name of a dir

[RogueX2]

The name of a particular directory/folder changes. The only part of the name that stays consistent is the last 9 characters. Can I pull the name of the dir after it is copied using dirCopy? Or do I have to work with _filelisttoarray?

[x001z]

Hi!!

Maybe you can check the AutoIT help for FileFindFirstFile example, and use the FileChangeDir to change the working dir.

Hope this help.

[kylomas]

Roguex2,

If you can detect the name change then you can likely get the dir name.

There is not enough info/code here to provide an adequate response.

kylomas

[RogueX2]

Roguex2,

If you can detect the name change then you can likely get the dir name.

There is not enough info/code here to provide an adequate response.

kylomas

Basically I am copying a folder that is the "only folder in a particular directory" over to a desktop using DirCopy("\\location\location*.*"). I would then need to open the folder that has been copied to the destkop. However since I don't know the name I can't access it.

I guess I could use _filelisttoarray and the name would be in array [1]. How do I pass that value to string?

Thanks

[x001z]

You can use wildcards

FileChangeDir(@DesktopDir)

$search = FileFindFirstFile("*.") <=== search for all the directories

or u can use the last 9 characters

$search = FileFindFirstFile("*123456789.") <=== this will match every dir with the characters "123456789" at the end.

then use the

$file = FileFindNextFile($search) to get the name.

[RogueX2]

You can use wildcards

FileChangeDir(@DesktopDir)

$search = FileFindFirstFile("*.") <=== search for all the directories

or u can use the last 9 characters

$search = FileFindFirstFile("*123456789.") <=== this will match every dir with the characters "123456789" at the end.

then use the

$file = FileFindNextFile($search) to get the name.

Thanks...will when I get to work this morning.

[jvanegmond]

You can do a search for the folder using wildcards (*) using FileFindFirstFile (also works on directories).

$search = FileFindFirstFile("*LastNineChars")
$dir = FileFindNextFile($search)

It is necessary to add error checking in the example above.

Edited March 9, 2011 by Manadar