LIST FILES

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Class

Disk and File Utilities


Purpose

Display a directory of files


Syntax

LIST FILES [<skeleton>] [TO FILE <.txt filename> | (<expC>)] | [TO PRINT]


See Also

ADIR, DB_PRINT, DIR, DISPLAY FILES, SET PAGELENGTH, SET PAGEWIDTH, SET PATH, SET PRINTER


Description

The LIST FILES command displays filenames in the current directory and path (see SET PATH) matching the specified <skeleton>. If LIST FILES is issued with no <skeleton> specified, then it will list details of table files only.


Keyword Description
TO <file> The display output will be sent to the specified file. The filename can be substituted with a <expC>, enclosed in round brackets, which returns a valid filename. If no file extension is specified, then ".txt" will be used. The command SET PAGELENGTH governs the output file pagination and SET PAGEWIDTH defines the width of each page. Page numbers are centered on the bottom of the page according to width.
TO PRINT The display output will be sent to a printer. The TO PRINT option will default to a local printer unless the command SET PRINTER TO \\SPOOLER is issued. The print request will then be spooled to the system printer, which is defined by the environment variable DB_PRINT.


Example

set printer to \\spooler
list files *.prg to print
set printer to


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer