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==== Expanded capabilities of DIR() (AREV Specific) ====
=== At 24 JAN 2000 12:58:54PM Rod Morris wrote: ===
 
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Is there an updated version of DIR() that will determine not only the size, date and time of a dos file but also pull out the expanded name that can be typed in from Windows programs? I am running Arev 2.03 on Windows 98.



TIA,



Rod
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=== At 24 JAN 2000 02:15PM Eric Emu wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Nasty problem, this one, owing to FAT and NTFS directory entries being different structures. The long filenames are stored in FAT entries adjacent to the short filenames. See [url=http://www.revelation.com/8525652b0066bfaf/d739a1010f28f6798525656b00612ab1/42E585CBAE2B795D85256724005CA090?OpenDocument]This thread[/url]



Eric

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=== At 27 JAN 2000 04:31AM Curt Putnam wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Just use the DOS DIR command & redirect to a file.  OSREAD that file & parse it.  Actually very fast.

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=== At 27 JAN 2000 01:14PM Victor Engel wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Although you may have to OSBREAD it if it's large. I processed a listing this morning of over 5000 files. Including directories, it would have maxed out OSREAD.

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