"David T. Lewis" wrote:

> Try this on the class side of the plugin (I don't have time to test it
> right now, but I think it does what you want):
> 
> getEntry: fileName inDirectoryPath: aDirectoryPath
>         "self getEntry: 'hosts' inDirectoryPath: '/etc'"
>         "self getEntry: 'hosts' inDirectoryPath: '/noSuchDir'"
>         "self getEntry: 'noSuchFile' inDirectoryPath: '/etc'"
>         | entName |
>         self primSetDirectory: aDirectoryPath.
>         [(entName _ self primNextEntry) notNil]
>                 whileTrue: [(entName = fileName)
>                         ifTrue:
>                                 [^ DirectoryEntry fromArray: (self primStat: fileName)]].
>         ^ nil
That would be closer since it stops when it finds that important mpeg of
your boss harassing a colleague (useful just before payraise
discussions) but couldn't we just use something like

foo_ self primStat: filename.
foo ifNil:["didnt find file"]

??

tim