Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Here is a version that puts the trailing "/" on folders and adjusts the input parameters for the function. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig -- function directoryListing pWhatFolder, pInvisibleFiles, pDepth -- returns a full listing of

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

When I set the depth to 1 all I would get is the pWhatFolder but 2 would list the files at level 1. JB > On Oct 30, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: > > Here is a version that puts the trailing "/" on folders and adjusts the input > parameters for the function. >

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

"there is a folder" and "there is a file" can distinguish between the two. Obviously if you want to distinguish visually for the user, or to do it without testing, then including the trailing "/" would work. On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Michael Doub wrote: > When I saw

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

For me it made more sense to change the exit value to 1. That way the value is the number of layers you want *including* the directory you specify. So: put directoryListing("/Users/gcanyon/Desktop",1) -- puts /Users/gcanyon/Desktop That way using either 0 or empty gets the infinite list. The

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Sounds like just the fact that you don't have the scrollbar I used to experiment with the depth. The mouseUp code is just for testing -- the function is self-contained. gc On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:32 PM, JB wrote: > I was not able to get the mouseUp handler to > work but

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Thank you for the info. JB > On Oct 28, 2015, at 7:46 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote: > > Sounds like just the fact that you don't have the scrollbar I used to > experiment with the depth. The mouseUp code is just for testing -- the > function is self-contained. > > gc > > On

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

When I saw that the output contained both directories and files, adding the "/" allows you to easily know that you are looking at a folder rather than a file. put directoryListing(whatfolder) into foo repeat for each line x of foo if char -1 of x = "/" then put x & cr after directoryList

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Here is a different mouseUp handler you can put in a field. on mouseUp if target = empty then answer folder "Pick a folder you want to walk:" put it into whatFolder set cursor to watch put directoryListing(whatFolder,2) into target exit to top end if if the

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

I improved the mouseUp handler. Now you can set the desired level at the top of the handler and you can launch applications and folders in the finder. on mouseUp put 1 into cNum if target = empty then answer folder "Pick a folder you want to walk:" put it into whatFolder

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Revised. Now in function form, with error checking and depth control. You can hand in a positive number to get that number of layers deep, or a negative number to go all the way down. I tested it on my home directory and it came back fine (after some time). I haven't (knowingly) tested with

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Thank you, Geoff JB > On Oct 27, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote: > > Revised. Now in function form, with error checking and depth control. You > can hand in a positive number to get that number of layers deep, or a > negative number to go all the way down. I tested it

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Geoff, I would suggest replacing the first statement of the function with if c is empty then put -1 into c-- set the default to go all the way down put whatFolder & "/" & cr into R -- add a "/" to directory output so they are more easily parsed later -= Mike On 10/27/15 12:18 PM,

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

I was not able to get the mouseUp handler to work but I got the function to return a list but it probably not the same list. I used this. on mouseUp answer folder "Pick a folder you want to walk:" put it into whatFolder --put directoryListing(fld "directory",round(the thumbposition of

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

If you have already put a directory listing in a field and want to click a line to get the list of that line you can put this code in the field. on mouseUp put word 2 of the clickline into tLine put line tLine of target into whatFolder put directoryListing(whatFolder,2) --into fld id

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

I have been testing it out and it is working good so far. I set the cursor to watch after selecting. I am not sure if setting it to busy in a repeat will take too much time on large operations. Is there and easy way to have it only list the folder paths? JB > On Oct 25, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Alex

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D < matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > I am using a script snippet which was posted by Scott Rossi to the list > and was originally from Geoff Canyon in 2002. > http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/metacard/2002-August/002274.html >

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Well, it's a sad comment on my filing system, but it was easier to rewrite this handler from scratch (and memory) than it was to find the original :-) Note this is done as a handler rather than a function, because it has 3 return values - a list of files, a list of folders, and a list of any

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Alex. JB > On Oct 25, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > > Well, it's a sad comment on my filing system, but it was easier to rewrite > this handler from scratch (and memory) than it was to find the original :-) > > Note this is done as a handler

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Thanks for all your comments. Richard was right, my recursion limit error was caused by the fact that the directory could not be set. It was, like Alex assumed, a strange character in a folder. After i changed that folder name in my “sample” harddrive i was able to import the drive. In

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Okay - Thank you very much again! JB > On Oct 25, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > > I'm not sure about cursor setting - you might put in a counter, and set it to > busy every 1000 (or 10,000) times through loop. > > What if we want only folder paths ? > > I did

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Matthias Rebbe wrote: long time ago i created a program which creates a list of files of backup cds or dvds and stores that listings in a database with some additional information like cd name/number. So if the customer needs to know on which cd/dvd a needed fileis, the database can be

recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Hi, long time ago i created a program which creates a list of files of backup cds or dvds and stores that listings in a database with some additional information like cd name/number. So if the customer needs to know on which cd/dvd a needed fileis, the database can be searched. This worked

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

Are you sure you are actually hitting a recursion limit ? Another (perhaps more likely) problem is that you are hitting a protected directory, or one which you cannot access (e.g. because of strange character in name). I would (at a minimum) put in a check that you have moved to the folder:

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

> On Oct 24, 2015, at 5:33 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > > > If that's not it, then you need to change to a serialized rather than a > recursive treewalk - I'm sure that's been posted on the use-list some time > ago (if you can't find it, let me know and I'll dig one up) > >