[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

[Joseph Alotta]

Hi Ron,

I get an instance of UnixFileDirectory.  And there are only 6 methods for UnixFileDirectory, none of them doing what I want.

Sincerely,

Joe.




> On May 25, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <ml-node+s1294792n4897389h8 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Joe, 
> 
> The hardest part of FileDirectory is understanding default. 
> 
> So start with: FileDirectory default. 
> 
> Note that default is on the class side.  Once you inspect that you are now 
> on the instance side.  Have a look at the categories #enumeration, #'file 
> status', and #'file operations', and #'file name utilities'   
> 
> when you get a file from that instance you are no longer on FileDirectory. 
> What class are the file entries? 
> 
> Let me know if that helps. 
> 
> All the best, 
> 
> Ron Teitelbaum 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message----- 
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> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:22 PM 
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> > Subject: [Newbies] FileDirectory 
> > 
> > Greetings, 
> > 
> > I am looking for some documentation or snippets of code for using the 
> > FileDirectory class. 
> > 
> > I want to check if a file exists before I try to read it. 
> > 
> > I also want to look at a list of files in the directory. 
> > 
> > I did search SBE and google but found nothing. 
> > 
> > Sincerely, 
> > 
> > Joe. 
> > 
> > 
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