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Article #6142Re: AmigaDOS questions!!
From: Darren New
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 1990 22:09
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 1990 22:09
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In article <oliphant.4664@telepro.UUCP> oliphant@telepro.UUCP (Mike Oliphant) writes:
>What is the "accepted" way of scanning through a directory using Examine(),
>ExNext() while deleting the files as you go? Is there an alternative to
>having to restart the scan each time you delete a file?
Just as a guess, I would say the easiest way would probably be to allocate
memory and hold the names of the files you want to delete all at once.
If you run out of memory, delete those files and restart the scan. - Darren
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!world!decwrl!wuarchive!udel!ee.udel.edu From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: AmigaDOS questions!! Message-ID: <34801@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 28 Oct 90 22:09:54 GMT References: <1990Oct11.212541.18365@hoss.unl.edu> <15327@cbmvax.commodore.com> <oliphant.4664@telepro.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: snow-white.ee.udel.edu