Re: FileNames subdirectory count discrepancy
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- Subject: [mg68731] Re: FileNames subdirectory count discrepancy
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:18:38 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
and why is "c:\\" the *first* level and not the zero one ??
Regards
Jens
Chris Chiasson wrote:
> from the help:
> FileNames[forms, dirs, n] includes files that are in subdirectories up
> to n levels down.
>
> why does a file that is only one level down require n=2?
>
> In[1]:=
> FileNames["system.ini",{"C:\\"},1]
>
> Out[1]=
> {}
>
> In[2]:=
> FileNames["system.ini",{"C:\\"},2]
>
> Out[2]=
> {C:\WINDOWS\system.ini}
>
> In[3]:=
> $Version
>
> Out[3]=
> 5.2 for Microsoft Windows (June 20, 2005)
>
>
>