Hi Mark,

> Am 11.12.2017 um 15:47 schrieb Mark Waddingham via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
> On 2017-12-10 02:33, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hi Swami,
>>> Am 10.12.2017 um 02:25 schrieb Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
>>> it was a huge step to do away with the defaultfolder requirement to get a 
>>> file list
>>> put files(somePath)  is wonderful
>>> but, "ummmm" …we are still forced to change the defaultFolder to get
>>> the detailed|long files
>>> Is it too much to ask for these file info functions to also work "out of 
>>> the box" with just a path param to the folder?
>> already reported about a year ago:
>> <http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18010>
>> But unfortunately hibernated!?
> I added a second optional parameter to files/folders this morning:
> 
>  get files(pFolder) -- the files
>  get files(pFolder, "detailed") -- the detailed files
> 
> Its the minimal implementation - but fills the main gap that we currently 
> suffer. The second optional parameter 'pKind' could be used in future to 
> offer (maybe) an array form of return value, where you get an array mapping 
> filename to an array of file attributes.
> 
> PR: https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/6198

this is wonderful, thank you very much! :-)

> Warmest Regards,
> 
> Mark.

Best

Klaus

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