catalog.list - Function

return contents of directories

Synopsis
list(files, listtypes, strippath)

Description
A vector of strings is returned containing the names of the files in the given directory and matching the types. The possible types can be seen with the function availabletypes. The given path names can contain wildcards in the base name. Optionally the full path is returned. The default is that the full path is returned if the files argument contains more than 1 name.

The resulting vector is made unique, so possible duplicate names are removed.

Arguments

files	in	Path name(s) to be processed
		Allowed:	Vector of strings
		Default:	'.'
listtypes	in	Types to be listed
		Allowed:	Vector of strings
		Default:	'All'
strippath	in	Strip directory from resulting names
		Allowed:	Bool
		Default:	unset

Returns
Vector of strings

Example

  include "catalog.g";
  dc.list("*.g c*")
# catalog.g catalog_meta.g catalog.help synclistboces.g

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	Package	utility
	Module	catalog
	Tool	catalog