Having full path from file name...

[ezzetabi]

I am making a func that uses FileFindNextFile() for rolling files in a folder, so far so good. The parameter of this search is a full path with wildcards.

E.g. c:\hello\*.*

The result of the next FindNextFile() are without the path!

How can I have it back? I thought FileGetShortName or LongName had this function but I was wrong. I checked in the help file but I am still solution-less.

[Holger]

Hmmm....in my 'search'-functions I always put the path and filename independent to the FileFind....

Like:

$path = "C:\Test\"

$file = "*.*"

$search = FileFindFirstFile($path & $file)

...

Do you understand what I mean?

You can now later use the 'saved' path...

[this-is-me]

Save the path and do $path & "\" & $file

[ezzetabi]

Thanks pals.

[ezzetabi]

If anyone can have my same problem...

($a is just an example)

Dim $a, $path, $file, $c
; $a is the starting point. It may be a full path or just a filename.

$a = c:\temp\name.txt

   If Not StringInStr($a, "\") Then
      $path = @WorkingDir & "\"
    ;and $file = $file;-D
   Else
      For $C = StringLen($a) To 1 Step - 1
         If StringMid($a, $C, 1) = "\" Then
            $PATH = StringLeft($a, $C)
            $FILE = StringTrimLeft($a, $C)
            ExitLoop
         EndIf
      Next
   EndIf

MsgBox(0,"",$path & "       " & $file)

Edit: Improved code.

Edited July 29, 2004 by ezzetabi

[Bartokv]

I agree with the others, it's typically easier to save the path in a separate array for later use. However you can also use the @WorkingDir macro to obtain the name of the current working directory.

If you only have access to the full filename, along with path (ie: [full path]\[filename].[ext]) then you can use the StringSplit function to make it easy to separate the file name and path.

Several months ago, I posted an example of how to search the entire computer for a specified file. The code is very slow but it could be optimized for your needs. Feel free to check out this post, if you're curious.