Re: searching recursively through directories
From: Ken Halter (Ken_Halter_at_Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com)
Date: 09/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:11:02 -0700
Joe wrote:
> I am writing some code to locate files (exe's, dll's, etc) in a given root
> directory and its subdirectories. For the most part I've been successful.
> The problem that I am having is on the line tFile = Dir$ in the GetFiles
> subroutine below.
>
Dir can't handle recursion very well. imo, it's best to use the code
that's already built into the OS...
Here's the basics (link below)... see the 'Related:' section for links
to more advanced topics.
Performing Recursive Searches Using FindFirst and SearchTreeForFile
http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/fileapi/recursive.htm
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