Glob

Find filenames matching a wildcard pattern

Declaration

Source position: oldlinux.pp line 1586

function Glob(

const path: PathStr

):pglob;

Description

Glob returns a pointer to a glob structure which contains all filenames which exist and match the pattern in Path. The pattern can contain wildcard characters, which have their usual meaning.

Errors

Returns nil on error, and LinuxError is set.

sys_enomem: No memory on heap for glob structure.
others: As returned by the opendir call, and sys_readdir.

Example

Program Example49;

{ Program to demonstrate the Glob and GlobFree functions. }

Uses oldlinux;

Var G1,G2 : PGlob;

begin
  G1:=Glob ('*');
  if LinuxError=0 then
    begin
    G2:=G1;
    Writeln ('Files in this directory : ');
    While g2<>Nil do
      begin
      Writeln (g2^.name);
      g2:=g2^.next;
      end;
    GlobFree (g1);
    end;
end.

Notes