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Files.List

Queries list of file names in folder.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Files	2.8	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

MBS( "Files.List"; Path { ; filter; ExtensionFilter } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Path Native path to the directory. "C:\Test"

filter Optional, limits what is returned. Default is 0 to report all files. Pass a combination of 1 for showing only files, 2 for showing only directories and 4 for showing only visible items.
Add 8 if the path includes the file name specification with wildcards.
Combined pass 4+1 for visible files or 2+1 for visible directories. 5 Optional

ExtensionFilter Optional, a filter for getting only files with matching file extension. ".txt" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Path	Native path to the directory.	"C:\Test"
filter	Optional, limits what is returned. Default is 0 to report all files. Pass a combination of 1 for showing only files, 2 for showing only directories and 4 for showing only visible items. Add 8 if the path includes the file name specification with wildcards. Combined pass 4+1 for visible files or 2+1 for visible directories.	5	Optional
ExtensionFilter	Optional, a filter for getting only files with matching file extension.	".txt"	Optional

Result

Returns list of files separated by return.

Description

Queries list of file names in folder.
The list of names is separated by new line character.
This function needs a native path. Please use Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath function in order to convert a FileMaker style path to a native path.
With filter parameter being 8 on Windows, you can pass a path with wildcards directly and ExtensionFilter parameter is ignored. This is not supported on macOS.

See also Files.ListRecursive. You can filter result with List.MatchesPostfix to get list with one file extension only.

If you need sorting, please check List.Sort function. Also use List.RemovePrefix or List.RemovePostfix to filter list further.

Examples

Queries files in Users folder on Mac:

$files = MBS("Files.List"; "/Users")

Queries visible files in windows folder:

$files = MBS("Files.List"; "c:\\Windows\\"; 5)

Queries DLL files in windows folder:

$files = MBS("Files.List"; "c:\\Windows\\"; 0; ".dll")

Queries Applications with name starting with e in windows folder:

$files = MBS("Files.List"; "c:\\Windows\\e*.exe"; 8)

Find FileMaker databases in a folder:

MBS("Files.List"; "c:\\Users\\Christian\\Desktop"; 0; ".fmp12")

Release notes

Version 10.5
- Added Files.ListAsJSON function to list files and return it as JSON.
Version 8.4
- Changed Files.ListRecursive to use either / or \ for path delimiter on Windows.
Version 7.3
- Added new flag for Files.ListRecursive to ignore invisible folders and better check for hidden elements.
Version 7.1
- Improved error handling for Files.ListRecursive.

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 1st March 2021

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