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2 %% Name: dir.tex
3 %% Purpose: wxDir documentation
4 %% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5 %% Modified by:
6 %% Created: 04.04.00
7 %% RCS-ID: $Id$
8 %% Copyright: (c) Vadim Zeitlin
9 %% License: wxWindows license
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11
12 \section{\class{wxDir}}\label{wxdir}
13
14 wxDir is a portable equivalent of Unix {open/read/close}dir functions which
15 allow enumerating of the files in a directory. wxDir allows enumerate files as
16 well as directories.
17
18 wxDir also provides a flexible way to enumerate files recursively using
19 \helpref{Traverse}{wxdirtraverse} or a simpler
20 \helpref{GetAllFiles}{wxdirgetallfiles} function.
21
22 Example of use:
23
24 \begin{verbatim}
25 wxDir dir(wxGetCwd());
26
27 if ( !dir.IsOpened() )
28 {
29 // deal with the error here - wxDir would already log an error message
30 // explaining the exact reason of the failure
31 return;
32 }
33
34 puts("Enumerating object files in current directory:");
35
36 wxString filename;
37
38 bool cont = dir.GetFirst(&filename, filespec, flags);
39 while ( cont )
40 {
41 printf("%s\n", filename.c_str());
42
43 cont = dir.GetNext(&filename);
44 }
45 \end{verbatim}
46
47 \wxheading{Derived from}
48
49 No base class
50
51 \wxheading{Constants}
52
53 These flags define what kind of filenames is included in the list of files
54 enumerated by GetFirst/GetNext
55
56 {\small
57 \begin{verbatim}
58 enum
59 {
60 wxDIR_FILES = 0x0001, // include files
61 wxDIR_DIRS = 0x0002, // include directories
62 wxDIR_HIDDEN = 0x0004, // include hidden files
63 wxDIR_DOTDOT = 0x0008, // include '.' and '..'
64
65 // by default, enumerate everything except '.' and '..'
66 wxDIR_DEFAULT = wxDIR_FILES | wxDIR_DIRS | wxDIR_HIDDEN
67 }
68 \end{verbatim}
69 }
70
71 \wxheading{Include files}
72
73 <wx/dir.h>
74
75 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
76
77 \membersection{wxDir::Exists}\label{wxdirexists}
78
79 \func{static bool}{Exists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
80
81 Test for existence of a directory with the given name
82
83 \membersection{wxDir::wxDir}\label{wxdirwxdir}
84
85 \func{}{wxDir}{\void}
86
87 Default constructor, use \helpref{Open()}{wxdiropen} afterwards.
88
89 \func{}{wxDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
90
91 Opens the directory for enumeration, use \helpref{IsOpened()}{wxdirisopened}
92 to test for errors.
93
94 \membersection{wxDir::\destruct{wxDir}}\label{wxdirdtor}
95
96 \func{}{\destruct{wxDir}}{\void}
97
98 Destructor cleans up the associated ressources. It is not virtual and so this
99 class is not meant to be used polymorphically.
100
101 \membersection{wxDir::Open}\label{wxdiropen}
102
103 \func{bool}{Open}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
104
105 Open the directory for enumerating, returns TRUE on success or FALSE if an
106 error occurred.
107
108 \membersection{wxDir::IsOpened}\label{wxdirisopened}
109
110 \constfunc{bool}{IsOpened}{\void}
111
112 Returns TRUE if the directory was successfully opened by a previous call to
113 \helpref{Open}{wxdiropen}.
114
115 \membersection{wxDir::GetFirst}\label{wxdirgetfirst}
116
117 \constfunc{bool}{GetFirst}{\param{wxString* }{filename}, \param{const wxString\& }{filespec = wxEmptyString}, \param{int }{flags = wxDIR\_DEFAULT}}
118
119 Start enumerating all files matching {\it filespec} (or all files if it is
120 empty) and flags, return TRUE on success.
121
122 \membersection{wxDir::GetNext}\label{wxdirgetnext}
123
124 \constfunc{bool}{GetNext}{\param{wxString* }{filename}}
125
126 Continue enumerating files satisfying the criteria specified by the last call
127 to \helpref{GetFirst}{wxdirgetfirst}.
128
129 \membersection{wxDir::HasFiles}\label{wxdirhasfiles}
130
131 \func{bool}{HasFiles}{\param{const wxString& }{filespec = wxEmptyString}}
132
133 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the directory contains any files matching the given
134 {\it filespec}. If {\it filespec} is empty, look for any files at all. In any
135 case, even hidden files are taken into account.
136
137 \membersection{wxDir::HasSubDirs}\label{wxdirhassubdirs}
138
139 \func{bool}{HasSubDirs}{\param{const wxString& }{dirspec = wxEmptyString}}
140
141 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the directory contains any subdirectories (if a non
142 empty {\it filespec} is given, only check for directories matching it).
143 The hidden subdirectories are taken into account as well.
144
145 \membersection{wxDir::Traverse}\label{wxdirtraverse}
146
147 \func{size\_t}{Traverse}{\param{wxDirTraverser& }{sink}, \param{const wxString& }{filespec = wxEmptyString}, \param{int }{flags = wxDIR\_DEFAULT}}
148
149 Enumerate all files and directories under the given directory recursively
150 calling the element of the provided \helpref{wxDirTraverser}{wxdirtraverser}
151 object for each of them.
152
153 More precisely, the function will really recurse into subdirectories if
154 {\it flags} contains {\tt wxDIR\_DIRS} flag. It will ignore the files (but
155 still possibly recurse into subdirectories) if {\tt wxDIR\_FILES} flag is
156 given.
157
158 For each found directory, \helpref{sink.OnDir()}{wxdirtraverserondir} is called
159 and \helpref{sink.OnFile()}{wxdirtraverseronfile} is called for every file.
160 Depending on the return value, the enumeration may continue or stop.
161
162 The function returns the total number of files found or {\tt (size\_t)-1} on
163 error.
164
165 See also: \helpref{GetAllFiles}{wxdirgetallfiles}
166
167 \membersection{wxDir::GetAllFiles}\label{wxdirgetallfiles}
168
169 \func{static size\_t}{GetAllFiles}{\param{const wxString& }{dirname}, \param{wxArrayString *}{files}, \param{const wxString& }{filespec = wxEmptyString}, \param{int }{flags = wxDIR\_DEFAULT}}
170
171 The function appends the names of all the files under directory {\it dirname}
172 to the array {\it files} (note that its old contents is preserved). Only files
173 matching the {\it filespec} are taken, with empty spec matching all the files.
174
175 The {\it flags} parameter should always include {\tt wxDIR\_FILES} or the array
176 would be unchanged and should include {\tt wxDIR\_DIRS} flag to recurse into
177 subdirectories (both flags are included in the value by default).
178
179 See also: \helpref{Traverse}{wxdirtraverse}
180