variables in RFLTA Q

[Deye]

Hello, I'm new to this forum and quite new to autoit

using SciTE Version 3.3.7

 

I have tried in different ways to make the $y var accepted by the given parse space

 

_FileListToArrayRec ($x, "*||$y", 2 + 4 + 8 +16)

 

couldn't yet find my way around this ..

thanks in advance for any help

[czardas]

I haven't used this UDF so much, so I'm not sure about your syntax. In any case, you are passing a variable name as a string. Instead try concatenating like this:

"*||" & $y

Edited January 19, 2015 by czardas

[Melba23]

Deye,

Welcome to the AutoIt forums.

You need to concatenate the variable containing the folders to be excluded - and that parameter is only valid if you search recursively, as explained in the Help file. I would try this:

_FileListToArrayRec ($x, "*||" & $y, 2 + 4 + 8 +16, 1) ; Added $iRecur

If that does not work, let me know what the $x & $y variables are supposed to contain.

M23

[Deye]

Here is an example

$x =Use a real path on your PC machine

$x = "C:\Users\user\Documents\1111\2222\333\..."
Do
$y = StringRegExpReplace($x, ".*\\", "")
$x = StringLeft($x, StringInStr($x, "\", 0, -1) - 1)
MsgBox(0, "folder to exclude", $y)
$ff = _FileListToArrayRec($x, "*||", 2 + 4 + 8 + 16, 0)
_ArrayDisplay($ff)
Until $x = "C:"

 

[Melba23]

Deye,

You are not concatenating the "folder to exclude" variable - and you are not setting $iRecur to 1, therefore no exclusion takes place as I explained above. What exactly are you trying to achieve?

M23

[Deye]

well the command i used work just fine here

in getting only the folder names of each path

i was trying to exlude full folder paths

in finally copying just folders i want without the one i want to exlude

using an exclude in "name" wont do because i have folders in different paths holding the same name...

Edited January 19, 2015 by Deye

[Melba23]

Deye,

As you have discovered, the "Exclude_Folders" parameter will only look for a folder name, not a full path. The only solution I can see would be to get the entire tree and then search the returned array for the path in question and delete any entries found.

M23

[Deye]

I have found it easy to delete the folder to exclude via _ArraySearch and _ArrayDelete 

now i'm looking to exclude a list of folders in path

but $iRecur reaches in to deeper paths recursively

where I just need the top level files and folders

what can I use to remove these paths from the array

I have tried this code without success

 

_ArraySearch($ff, "\", 0, 0, 0, 1)
If Not @error Then
_ArrayDelete($ff, $iIndex1)
endif

[Melba23]

Deye,

Once you have the list of top level files and folders then you will need to loop through the array from the bottom up and delete elements as you go. Something like this should work - it does on my system:

#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

$sPath = "M:\"
Global $aExclude[] = ["M:\Program", "M:\Downloads"]

$aList = _FileListToArray($sPath, "*", $FLTA_FILESFOLDERS, True) ; Get full list

_ArrayDisplay($aList, "Original", Default, 8)

For $i = $aList[0] To 1 Step -1 ; Loop up through the array
    For $j = 0 To UBound($aExclude) - 1 ; Look for each possible exclude path
        If $aList[$i] = $aExclude[$j] Then
            _ArrayDelete($aList, $i) ; Delete the list element
            $aList[0] -= 1 ; Reduce the count value
        EndIf
    Next
Next

_ArrayDisplay($aList, "Adjusted", Default, 8)

M23