Directory object

The Directory object allows you to access directories on disk. This object is always available in a form of predefined Directory global variable.

// create directory structure Directory.Create("c:\somedir\otherdir");

Methods

Create	Creates a new directory or directory tree.
Delete	Deletes a directory.
GetFiles	Returns list of files stored in a given directory.
GetDirectories	Returns list of sub-directories stored in a given directory.
GetDrives	Returns list of present disk drives.

Attributes

Type (read only)	Returns always "directory"
PathSeparator (read only)	Returns the standard path separator character.
CurrentDirectory	Gets or sets the current working directory for an application.
TempDirectory (read only)	Returns Windows temporary directory.

Create(Path)

Creates a new directory or directory tree.

Parameters

Path: Specifies the path to be created.

Return value

Returns true if the directory tree has been successfuly created.

Delete(Path)

Deletes a directory.

Parameters

Path: The directory to be deleted.

Return value

Returns true if the directory has been successfuly deleted.

Remarks

This method only deletes one directory, not the entire directory tree specified in the Path parameter.

GetFiles(Path, Mask)

Returns list of files stored in a given directory.

Parameters

Path: The directory to be searched
Mask: Mask for the filenames to be matched against (optional, default=*.*)

Return value

Returns an Array object containing filenames of all the files stored in a given directory.

GetDirectories(Path, Mask)

Returns list of sub-directories stored in a given directory.

Parameters

Path: The directory to be searched
Mask: Mask for the sub-directories to be matched against (optional, default=*.*)

Return value

Returns an Array object containing names of all the sub-directories stored in a given directory.

GetDrives()

Returns list of present disk drives.

Return value

Returns an Array object containing names of all the disk drives, such as "c:\".