[REBOL] Re: Filtering files in directories.
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 2-Jan-2003 11:48
Hi Ed,
ED> How do I get only specified files in a directory? IOW, how do I do the
ED> equivalent of pattern matching, if I want all JPG files, how do I return
ED> only *.jpg?
ED> So far, all the examples I have found involve loading all the files
ED> first and then extracting the ones you need or not from the series that
ED> is returned.
You can open a directory port directly if you want, though I don't
think it will gain you much in this case. Under Windows you can use
the FindFirstFile and FindNextFile APIs but that locks you in to the
OS.
Is performance an issue, or is it just curiosity?
-- Gregg
