read volume

[Scott Rossi]

I think what you're looking for is directory walking (files & folders, not
file contents).

You're part of a fairly recent thread that explains this:
http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/recursion-limit-when-creatin
g-file-list-of-harddrive-td4697952i20.html


Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 5/10/16, 12:29 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of JB"
<use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of sundown at pacifier.com>
wrote:

>I thought I had read you could read
>a volume like you read a file but it
>can not be the startup volume.
>
>I tried to read using the volume name shown
>from the volumes function and open file and
>it did not work so I used open driver and it
>did not return any data either.
>
>Is there a way to read a disk drive like you
>read a file?  If I want to read all of the data
>on a drive do I need to list all of the files and
>then read from each file instead of reading
>the drive or volume to end of file?
>
>JB
>
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