FILEFIND.LIST_NEW_FILES Function
Syntax
Arguments
- pathCharacter
The starting folder.
- patternCharacter
A pattern to select file names using wildcard characters like ?*' and ?? '.
- datestringCharacter
Default = Today's Date. The date on or after which the file was modified. The date must be in "MM/DD/YY" format.
- timestringCharacter
Default = None. The time on or after which the file was modified.
- am_pmCharacter
Default = None. Enter one of the following strings: "AM" or "PM"
Returns
- filesCharacter
Returns a CR-LF delimited list of matching files modified on or after the specified date and time.
Description
Scan folders and sub-folders for all files updated after date/time specified by datestring and timestring. If datestring and timestring are not specified, then files modified today are returned.
Discussion
The FILEFIND.LIST_NEW_FILES() method recursively searches folders and sub-folders and returns a list of files that match a pattern that were modified on or after a specified date and time.
dim lst as C dim cnt as N lst = FILEFIND.List_New_Files("c:\\", "*.txt", "3/1/03") cnt = line_count(lst) ? cnt = 38.000000
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