Directory Factory

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JoshK (Posted 2008) [#1]

This approach makes more sense to me than ReadDir() and NextFile(). It can be extended for zip files or a web folder. ReadDirectory() just returns a list of strings that are the file names: http://blitzmax.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=2268

JoshK (Posted 2008) [#2]

I added an HTTPDirectory factory for getting the contents of a web folder, but I think FTP would be better.

grable (Posted 2008) [#3]

Hmmm.. this sounds like LoadDir, yours is more fancy though ;)

JoshK (Posted 2008) [#4]

It works by parsing the index file generated by a server when no index file is present. It won't work for web folders that have an index file, like http::blitzmax.com. It would be better if there was a way to use FTP protocols or something to get a real directory listing.