On a Windows® 95/98/2000/NTsystem, stores to a declared array nine characteristics of specified files: name, size, date stamp, time stamp, attribute(s), alias, creation date, creation time, and last access date. Returns the number of files whose characteristics are stored.

Syntax

ADIREXT(<array name>
[, <filename skeleton expC> [, <file attribute list expC>]])

<array name>

The name of the declared array of one or more dimensions to which to store the file information. ADIREXT( ) dynamically sizes <array name> so the number of rows in the array is equal to the number of files that match <file attribute expC>, and the number of columns is nine.

<filename skeleton expC>

The file-name pattern (using wildcards) describing the files whose information to store to <array name>.

<file attribute list expC>

The letter or letters D, H, S, and/or V representing one or more file attributes. For more information, see ADIR( ).

Description

See the description for dirExt( ).