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Newbie speed question

 [1/2] from: kpeters::vu-ware::com at: 19-Apr-2005 14:19


Hi list ~ what is the most efficient way to achieve the following: Create a list of files in a directory and save it to disk, where the number of files is very high (~ 5.000) and only a handful of files in that directory need to be excluded from this list (they have a different extension)? Thanks, Kai

 [2/2] from: greggirwin:mindspring at: 19-Apr-2005 17:03


Hi Kai, KP> what is the most efficient way to achieve the following: KP> Create a list of files in a directory and save it to disk, where KP> the number of files is very high (~ 5.000) and only a handful of files KP> in that directory need to be excluded from this list (they have a different KP> extension)? Have you tried something like this (changing %. and %.r obviously :)? remove-each file read %. [%.r = suffix? file] -- Gregg