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vfsDir

 
 

Library: File system utilities (OMVFS) legacy
Include: omvfs.xin


Purpose

The vfsDir OMX component represents a directory location. Once a connection to a directory has been established using either of these functions, that connection can be used by other vfs functions.

Usage Notes

The OmniMark Virtual File System dynamic link library file ("omvfs.dll") creates the vfsDir OMX component. The related include file ("omvfs.xin") defines the interface to that component. To use vfsDir OMX components in your program, you must include the following include statement in your program:

     include "omvfs.xin"

Please refer to OMX Components for a general description of OMX components and how they are used.

Related OMVFS library functions:

The functions

are used to establish and discard directory connections. vfsDir objects are used by the following OMVFS library functions:

Example: Using a vfsDir object

This example shows a connection to a directory being established, and that connection being used by other vfs functions.

  include "omvfs.xin"
  process
    local vfsFile myFile
    local vfsDir myDir
    local stream attributes-shelf variable
    	. . .
    set myDir to vfsConnect "file:///omprogs/"
    	. . .
    set myFile to vfsOpen "jean-sibelius.txt" 
    	on myDir for vfs-read 
    	. . .
    vfsDescribeFile myFile into attributes-shelf
    output "    Name:   " || attributes-shelf{"name"} || "%n"
    output "    Size:   " || attributes-shelf{"size"} || " bytes%n"
    do when attributes-shelf{"isdir"} = 0
      output "    Type:   file" || "%n"
    else
      output "    Type:   directory" || "%n"
    done
    output "Contents:  " || vfsRead myFile || "%n"

This program produces the following output:

  Name:   file:///omprogs/jean-sibelius.txt
      Size:   115 bytes
      Type:   file
  Contents:  "Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic."
       -- Jean Sibelius

        Other Library Functions
   vfsChangeDir
   vfsChangeOwner
   vfsChangePermissions
   vfsClose
   vfsConnect
   vfsConnectDir
   vfsCopy
   vfsCursorPosition
   vfsDeleteDir
   vfsDeleteFile
   vfsDescribe
   vfsDescribeFile
   vfsDir
   vfsDirName
   vfsDisconnect
   vfsFile
   vfsFileDir
   vfsFileName
   vfsIsVersionCompatible
   vfsLibraryVersion
   vfsLink
   vfsList
   vfsLock
   vfsMakeDir
   vfsMove
   vfsMoveCursor
   vfsOpen
   vfsRead
   vfsRename
   vfsTruncate
   vfsUnlock
   vfsWrite
 
 

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