Directory.Getfiles search pattern

Is there a way to limit the search pattern for Directory.Getfiles to
an exact number of characters. For example I want to see all the files
fitting the pattern "*.abc" but excluding "*.abcd". The default
behaviour seems to include .abcd when searching for just"*.abc", which
I suppose is logical in one way, but not what I want.

JGD

re: Directory.Getfiles search pattern

Hello John,
Have you tried """*.abc""" ? I've read in an article that on shell you
can limit it to only the exact match if you place "" around.


Regards

Holger

re: Directory.Getfiles search pattern

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:53:20 +0100, "Holger Boskugel"
<news.post@vbwebprofi.dewrote:
Thanks for the idea but 'Illegal characters in path' runtime error
with """*.abc""" (sic).

""*.abc"" gives a design time error.

Looks like I might have to do "*.abc" and then weed out the unwanted
file names but it's a pain and not totally trivial to code in my proc,
which places the results of the Directory.Getfiles in a string array.
The array is then used for other purposes. Nothing insuperable of
course, just a little messy. Getting the desired result from "*.abc"
would have made life significantly simpler.

JGD

re: Directory.Getfiles search pattern

It's quite trivial to weed out the unwanted items, try something like the
following:




Dim theFiles() As String = Directory.GetFiles(thePath, thePattern)

Dim theList As New List(Of String)


For Each theFile As String In theFiles

If <implement search pattern(theFile) then
theList.Add(theFile)
End If

Next



theFiles = theList.ToArray()

re: Directory.Getfiles search pattern

Hello John,
If this is not working, so you should use the solution Robinson
mentioned.


Regards

Holger