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In article <1992Apr3.062548.7308@cc.uow.edu.au> dryan@cc.uow.edu.au (David Ryan) writes:
>				I was wondering if it were possible to shell 
>out to dos, do a directory listing, but then store that listing into an
>array so that I may have my way with the elements. The upshot of this being
>that I would like to display the dir listing in a column rather than the
>usual way that DOS does. By the way I am using Quickbasic 4.0.
>
Actually, what you can do is shell out to DOS, do a DIR and redirect the
results to a file using the > character. Then you can open the file and
strip off the excess garbage above and below the file list, and voila, you
have the data you need. You can parse it a line at a time and do anything
you like with the information.

Of course, the Microsoft Professional Development System 7.1 contains a
function (Dir$) which provides a much cleaner solution. But, that is
considerably pricier that and old copy of QuickBASIC you've got laying
around.

Hope this helps.

Viva la Basic!



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