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FT_DIR2DB()
Create .DBF of directory files, using DOS filespec
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Syntax
FT_DIR2DB( <cSpec> [, <cDbf> ][, <cNtx> ][, <cDrvr> ] ) -> <nErrcode>
Arguments
<cSpec> can be any valid DOS file spec., including wildcards and
single file names.
<cDbf> is the name of the .DBF to create. If not specified, the
name 'FILES' is used.
<cNtx> is the name of the .NTX to create. If not specified, no
index is created.
<cDrvr> is the name of the Nantucket RDD (replaceable database
driver) to use. If not specified, the default, 'DBFNTX', is
used.
Returns
<nErrcode>, which will be one of the following:
0 - no error
1 - no file spec. passed
2 - no files match spec. passed
3 - network error opening <cDbf>
Description
FT_DIR2DB() builds a .DBF from and fills it with the files/data
matching any valid DOS file spec. Fields created are 'Name',
'Size', 'Date', 'Time', and 'Attr' (attribute).
An index on the 'name' field is also created by passing a name
for the .NTX as a third parameter. An optional fourth parameter
accommodates the RDDs (replaceable database drivers) Nantucket
promises.
Examples
nVal:= FT_DIR2DB( "*.dbf","dbffiles","filename" )
Creates DBFFILES.DBF consisting of all .DBFs in the current dir-
ectory, and also creates FILENAME.NTX.
nVal:= FT_DIR2DB( "*.*","pdoxdbf","pdoxntx","paradox" )
would create a Paradox database and index consisting of all files
in the current directory.
Source: DIR2DBF.PRG
Author: Steve Kolterman
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