Re: Parse a directory

[Miquel Cabanas]

hi,

in version 2.1.69 (running on Sarge Debian GNU/Linux) it works as in
Matlab. What is the output of "help dir" in your version? how does it
compares to what I get in mine?

 -- Function File:  dir (DIRECTORY)
 -- Function File: [LIST] = dir (DIRECTORY)
     Display file listing for directory DIRECTORY.  If a return value
     is requested, return a structure array with the fields

          name
          bytes
          date
          isdir
          statinfo

as you can see, in 2.1.69, can handle return values. If version 2.1.50
cannot then it's time for upgrading.

Miquel

On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 13:27 +0100, Achim Graupner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I want to read a bunch of files in a directory. I Matlab I would do this like
>  > myfiles = dir('./*.dat')
> myfiles =
> 4x1 struct array with fields:
>      name
>      date
>      bytes
>      isdir
> as seen, myfiles is an array of struct containing all filenames, sizes etc.
> 
> in octave (2.1.50) I get the error message
>  > myfiles = dir('./*.dat')
> error: value on right hand side of assignment is undefined
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 11, column 2
> 





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