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I want something like DOS "dir" or Linux "ls" to retrieve the contents of one directory.

Is this possible with Java's API?

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:48:22 +0300, <- Chameleon -> wrote:
> I want something like DOS "dir" or Linux "ls" to retrieve the
> contents of one directory.
>
> Is this possible with Java's API?

If you'd looked at the API documentation you'd have had no trouble
finding this:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/...tml#listFiles()

/gordon

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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:48:22 +0300, "<- Chameleon ->"
<> wrote or quoted :

>I want something like DOS "dir" or Linux "ls" to retrieve the contents of one directory.
>
>Is this possible with Java's API?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/file.html

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On 13 Sep 2003 16:14:14 +0200, Gordon Beaton <> wrote or
quoted :

>If you'd looked at the API documentation you'd have had no trouble
>finding this:

That is not true. Java hides the directory manipulating functions in
the File class, not exactly where any sane person would expect to find
them.

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