Relative folder paths

Bill Vlahos bvlahos at mac.com
Fri May 25 22:09:07 EDT 2007


Richard,

This doesn't seem to do anything useful to me.

How would I get a list of files in the "DataFileFolder" and then get a list of files in the "Preferences" folder?

Bill
 
On Friday, May 25, 2007, at 05:17PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>Bill Vlahos wrote:
>
> > Lets say I have a folder containing a standalone, Data folder,
> > and Preference folder all at the same level. The defaultFolder
> > would be the folder at the level of the standalone.
> >
> > If I change the defaultFolder to "DataFileFolder" I can then
> > just "put the files into vFilesList" to get a listing of the
> > files. However, this resets the defaultFolder value so I can't
> > get to things in the Preference folder.
> >
> > How would I get a listing of files in the
> > defaultFolder/DataFileFolder?
>
>Just move up one with "../":
>
>   set the directory to "../DataFileFolder/"
>
>
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