Victor,
MK>> I've just finished my test on linux. I do not have Harbour under
??>> linux, but I've tried to analyze opendir() system call. opendir("/
??>> path/") gives listing of folder, so, I guess directory("/path/")
??>> will also (but it can depend on our implementation). This made me a
??>> stronger feeling we must hide platform dependent behavior under
??>> windows.
??>> So, if DOS and Linux version for directory(".../") gives file list
??>> and the Clipper also, I found it to be enough reason to hide
??>> platform behavior under windows by adding a few lines of code.
??>> BTW, "*" will work on both windows and Linux, but it's not the case,
??>> because in linux we need to pass path only to opendir() function.
??>> File mask filtering is done later by our code.
SV> Maybe this works, but it's easy to find a parameter which
SV> would behave differently depending on the platform, enough
SV> to think about casing, drive letters, or any other speciality
SV> (like special chars).
...
SV> I still think it's not Harbour's job, to present a "virtual FS"
SV> with fully MS-DOS compatible rules. Or even if want such thing,
SV> it should be an option.
If you open a command window under xp and vista, DIR mydir and DIR mydir\
both do the same thing. Ditto if you paste those into an explorer window.
If you expect dir c:\mydir to show one entry, then you're asking for the
contents of c:\ and just need to append a wild-card. (at least at the
command prompt, and I would think in Harbour code too)
Random thoughts.
Paul
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