I think what you're looking for is directory walking (files & folders, not file contents).
You're part of a fairly recent thread that explains this: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/recursion-limit-when-creatin g-file-list-of-harddrive-td4697952i20.html Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 5/10/16, 12:29 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of JB" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: >I thought I had read you could read >a volume like you read a file but it >can not be the startup volume. > >I tried to read using the volume name shown >from the volumes function and open file and >it did not work so I used open driver and it >did not return any data either. > >Is there a way to read a disk drive like you >read a file? If I want to read all of the data >on a drive do I need to list all of the files and >then read from each file instead of reading >the drive or volume to end of file? > >JB > >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode