LISTDR Process

To access this process:

Enter "LISTDR" into the Command Line and press <ENTER>.
Display the Find Command screen, locate LISTDR and click Run.

See this process in the Command Table.

Process Overview

Creates a list of all Datamine files within the project folder.

Wildcarding is supported and an output catalogue file can be generated. Filenames or filename templates may be entered as retrieval criteria. The form is:- ?<string>?.<string> or:- ?<string>?.? Please Note: This command is only available from macros. The use of a catalogue file is backwards compatible but note that file names are restricted to a maximum of twenty (20) characters.

Output Files

Name	I/O Status	Required	Type	Description
OUT	Output	No	Catalogue	Output catalogue file, giving list of files to be used by processes APPEND, DELETE, DISPLA, INPDDF, LIST and OUTPUT.

Fields

Name	Description	Source	Required	Type	Default
FIELDNAM	Name of field in OUT containing file paths		No	Any	Undefined

Example

The following lines in a macro create a catalog file containing the names of all Datamine files starting with the four characters TEMP and then delete all the files.

!LISTDR &OUT(TEMP1), TEMP?
!DELETE &IN(TEMP1)

!LISTDR *FIELDNAM(MYFIELD), &OUT(MYOUT)