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Directory
Overview
The Directory class provides information about directories, including information about what files and subdirectories are contained in a directory.
Methods
- Directory.createDirectory
- Creates a directory
- Directory.delete
- Deletes a directory
- Directory.exists
- Determines if a directory exists
- Directory.getAll
- Returns all files and subdirectories found in a specified directory.
- Directory.getDirectories
- Returns all the subdirectories found in a specified directory.
- Directory.getFiles
- Returns all files found in a specified directory.
Example
// test if a directory exists, if it does, list
// the subdirectories in the directory
var dir = "c:\\";
if (!Directory.exists(dir))
{
alert("'" + dir + "'" + " doesn't exist.");
}
else
{
var dirlist;
dirlist = Directory.getDirectories(dir);
var output;
output += "In ";
output += "'" + dir + "'";
output += ", there are ";
output += dirlist.length;
output += " subdirectories:\n\n";
for (var d in dirlist)
{
output += dirlist[d];
output += "\n";
}
alert(output);
}
Directory.createDirectory
- static function Directory.createDirectory(path : String) : Boolean
Arguments
- path
- The directory to create
Returns
True if the directory was successfully created, false otherwise
Description
Calling this method creates the directory specified in the path parameter
Directory.delete
- static function Directory.delete(path : String) : Boolean
Arguments
- path
- The directory to delete
Returns
True if the directory was successfully deleted, false otherwise
Description
Calling this method deletes the directory specified in the path parameter
Directory.exists
- static function Directory.exists(path : String) : Boolean
Arguments
- path
- The path to check
Returns
True if the specified path exists and is a directory, false otherwise
Description
Calling this method determines whether the path specified in the path parameter exists and is a directory.
Directory.getAll
- static function Directory.getAll(path : String) : Array(String)
Arguments
- path
- The path to read.
Returns
An array containing string values which represent the files and directories contained in the directory specified in the path parameter
Description
Calling this method returns all files and subdirectories found in the directory specified by path.
Directory.getDirectories
- static function Directory.getDirectories(path : String) : Array(String)
Arguments
- path
- The path to read.
Returns
An array containing string values which represent the subdirectories contained in the directory specified in the path parameter
Description
Calling this method returns all subdirectories found in the directory specified by path.
Directory.getFiles
- static function Directory.getFiles(path : String) : Array(String)
Arguments
- path
- The path to read.
Returns
An array containing string values which represent the files contained in the directory specified in the path parameter
Description
Calling this method returns all files found in the directory specified by path. Directories and other special files are not included in the resulting array.