I use Nirsoft Searchmyfiles for searching by file names, for duplicate files, for non-duplicates, for files containing a string, many options, great tool. He has other really useful tools 8-)
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html KUJayhawk Steve in Florida On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 9:05 AM Johan Nel <[email protected]> wrote: > The easiest would probably be to fire a DIR command from your application: > > DIR SpecificDir\*.* /ON > specdir.txt // Order by Name > DIR OtherDir\*.* /ON > otherdir.txt > > Then read the TXT files and compare the filenames after extracting it > from lines. > > Since I am not a VFP but a Clipper/VO/X# developer hopefully this will > give you an idea how to do it using the VFP language syntax in X#. > > LOCAL aSpecDirFiles, aOtherDirFiles AS STRING[] > LOCAL aMissing = ArrayNew() AS ARRAY > aSpecDirFiles = FileToStr("specdir.txt").Split(CR_LF) > aOtherDirFiles = FileToStr("otherdir.txt").Split(CR_LF) > LOCAL nPos = 1 AS INT > FOREACH line AS STRING IN aSpecDirFiles > SpecFile = SubStr(line, <start>, <end>) > OtherFile = SubStr(aOtherDirFiles[nPos], <start>, <end>) > DO WHILE OtherFile < SpecFile > AAdd(aMissing, OtherFile) > nPos = nPos + 1 > OtherFile = SubStr(aOtherDirFiles[nPos], <start>, <end>) > ENDDO > IF OtherFile = SpecFile && We have a match > nPos = nPos + 1 > ENDIF > NEXT > FOR i = nPos UPTO aOtherFiles.Length > AAdd(aMissing, SubStr(aOtherDirFiles[i], <start>, <end>)) > NEXT > > Hope this helps. > > > On 2019/08/13 10:08, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. wrote: > > > I need a Search String: > > > > - All Documents in OTHER DIRECTORIES > > - That are NOT in a SPECIFIC DIRECTORY > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > *Shai / שי **Charles Hart Enzer, MD(Ohio, USA), FAACAP* > > *Aliyah <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah>: Cincinnati to Jerusalem > > <http://www.gojerusalem.com/items/263/German-Colony/>'s German Colony > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Colony,_Jerusalem> May, 2017* > > > > > > > > *Volunteer Associate Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of Cincinnati > > Medical CenterWebSite: **EnzerMD.com <http://EnzerMD.com>* > > *Publications* <http://www.enzermd.com/CV.html#Publications> > > > > *Tiny Country, Huge Dreams* > > *ארץ זעירה, **חלומות ענקיים* > > *עם ישראל חי* > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/alternative > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > text/html > > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/cab-spwue4mpoodycabwezm-zmjp-uqdddeaz5cpxo5tzgxb...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
