Traversing Directories

[Carey]

Im making a tagging program (like windows search on 'roids) and i need help on how to add multiple files.

Turing example:

Turing:

var temp : string procedure addDir (path : string)     var streamNumber := Dir.Open (path)     loop         temp := Dir.Get (streamNumber)         exit when temp = ""         if File.Exists (path + "/" + temp) then             addFile (path + "/" + temp) %add the file         elsif temp not= "." and temp not= ".." then             addDir (path + "/" + temp)         end if     end loop     Dir.Close (streamNumber)     Dir.Delete (path) end addDir

any help would be muchly appreciated

[Carey]

anyone?

[Tony]

eh.. call addFile multiple times? It's not clear what your question is.

[Carey]

I want to go through a directory recursively, adding every file in it and going into every directory. my problem is that i don't know how to get the names and paths of every file and sub-directory inside the initial directory passed to the method. tell me if i'm not making sense.

[Tony]

Dir.Get returns the "next" item in the directory. If it's a file (File.Exists), you add it to the list. Otherwise you assume it's a directory, and recursively examine that. The sample code already does just this

Turing:

procedure addDir (path : string)    ...    addDir (path + "/" + temp)    ... end addDir

[Carey]

I know that. I need help on porting this method into Java. I don't know how to get the paths and such of all the items in a directory in Java. i've searched the online help file and tutorials but i haven't found anything. I just gave the Turing example to clarify what i need to accomplish.

[Tony]

Ohh... I haven't noticed that this was in Java. Sorry. What do Java Docs say about the File class?

[Carey]

hmmmmm. I think i have it

Java:

public void addDir(String path, boolean auto){         String[] s = new File(path).list();         for (int i = 0 ; i < s.length ; i++){             File f = new File(s[i]);             if (f.isDirectory())                 addDir(f.getAbsolutePath(), auto);             else if (f.isFile())                 addFile(f.getAbsolutePath(), auto);         }     }

hmmmmm. doesn't seem to work. any ideas?

crap. [slaps forehead] im an idiot. this is a working version:

Java:

public void addDir(String path, boolean auto){         File[] f = new File(path).listFiles();         for (int i = 0 ; i < f.length ; i++){             if (f[i].isDirectory())                 addDir(f[i].getAbsolutePath(), auto);             else if (f[i].isFile())                 addFile(f[i], auto);         }     }

my question now is:

What is Java's definition of a [i]normal file. Is a hidden file normal?

Quote:

A file is normal if it is not a directory and, in addition, satisfies other system-dependent criteria.

Do these system-dependent criteria specify that it has to be visible(not hidden)?