Search for files in a directory - output if it doesnt exist

Mardoxx Joined: 09/01/08 Posts: 1

Posted: 09/01/08 11:57:49 I am totally new to D (I've only ever played with PHP and VB before..so it's sort of a large step up..) I was wondering how to go about doing this.. Basically I want to create a program that searches through a directory (recursively) for files that contain a user defined search string. If it comes across a directory that DOESN'T contain a file that matches the search string, I want it to output the FOLDER NAME it couldn't find the file in. Thanks

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torhu Joined: 03/31/06 Posts: 69	Posted: 09/07/08 17:11:17 I can give you some hints as to what pieces of Tango you need to get this working. :) For console input and output, look at tango.io.Console and tango.io.Stdout. Cin.copyln() to read, Stdout.formatln() to write stuff. Then you need to figure out how to use the tango.io.vfs.FileFolder? module. I think it goes something like this (not tested): const char[] lookFor = "xyz.txt"; FileFolder folder = new FileFolder(startingDir); foreach (subdir; folder.tree) { if (!subdir.file(lookFor).exists) Stdout.formatln("nope"); } Relevant docs: http://dsource.org/projects/tango/wiki/ChapterVFS http://dsource.org/projects/tango/docs/current/tango.io.vfs.model.Vfs.html http://dsource.org/projects/tango/docs/current/source/tango.io.vfs.FileFolder.html
kris Joined: 03/27/04 Posts: 581	Posted: 09/07/08 22:31:58 Nice one, Torhu :) To emit the folder name too, use this: Stdout.formatln ("{} does not contain {}", subdir, lookFor);