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  2. Received: from kingfisher.CS.Arizona.EDU (kingfisher.CS.Arizona.EDU [192.12.69.239])
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  7. Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:19:59 -0700
  8. From: Gregg Townsend <gmt>
  9. Message-Id: <9806021619.AA28016@hawk.CS.Arizona.EDU>
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  11. Subject: Re:  Directory access facilities
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  13. Status: RO
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  15.  
  16. I'd prefer a simple built-in function that would generate the names
  17. of the files contained in a directory, e.g.
  18.     contents(s)
  19. with other mechanisms (if any) used for finding attributes.
  20.  
  21.     Gregg
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