On Fri, 2022-02-11 at 18:40 +0000, Hans-Juergen Rennau wrote:
> 
> (a) It is the full paths what we need in order to parse the files
> (doc(), json:doc(), csv:doc(), html:doc()). 

Why?

A relative path should work fine; if necessary you can use resolve-
uri() to turn a relative path into a full URI.

> (b) The combination of file listing and parsing in a single
> expression is of matchless elegance and expressiveness
> 
> Currently, if I don't overlook something, I have to do this:  
> file:list($dir, false(), $fname) ! concat($dir, '/', .) ! doc(.) =>
> count()

Probably, you should use resolve-uri($dir, base-uri(.)) although i
suppose you also need to watch for filenames containing colons...

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