question about dir()

[chung]

dir("folder\*.mid") does include *.midilist files when calling dir() , is it normal ?

[Xusinboy Bekchanov]

To do this, it should be like this:

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dir("folder\*.mid*")

[chung]

that is the problem in fact , that "folder\*.mid" seems to work like "folder\*.mid*"

[jj2007]

Yes, it's kind of normal. FindNextFile() behaves like that, see e.g. Find *.xls but not *.xlsx files for a workaround (not FB but the logic should be clear).

[badidea]

DIR() seems a bit minimal. Another thing I noticed is that is does not support sorting (or I missed it in the documentation).

[robert]

DIR() seems a bit minimal. Another thing I noticed is that is does not support sorting (or I missed it in the documentation).

DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.

/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes D Directories R Read-only files
H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving
S System files I Not content indexed files
L Reparse Points O Offline files
- Prefix meaning not
/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/C Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the
default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
/D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
/L Uses lowercase.
/N New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/O List by files in sorted order.
sortorder N By name (alphabetic) S By size (smallest first)
E By extension (alphabetic) D By date/time (oldest first)
G Group directories first - Prefix to reverse order
/P Pauses after each screenful of information.
/Q Display the owner of the file.
/R Display alternate data streams of the file.
/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written
/W Uses wide list format.
/X This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file
names. The format is that of /N with the short name inserted
before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are
displayed in its place.
/4 Displays four-digit years

Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.

[badidea]

DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

I mean the the freebasic DIR() command, not the command from MS-DOS.