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retrieve the number of files in a folder

 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:28 am    Post subject: retrieve the number of files in a folder Reply with quote
Sorry to ask something so basic....
how to retrieve the number of files in a folder?
Code:
dir = c:\pasda
FileRead Filex, %dir%
StringReplace Filex, Filex, `n, `n, All UseErrorLevel
MsgBox Total number of lines is %ErrorLevel%

Thanks in advance.
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BoBo
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
Folder = c:\myfolder

Loop, %Folder%\*.*
   NumFiles++
MsgBox %NumFiles% files in %Folder%
Not tested.
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toralf



Joined: 31 Jan 2005
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Location: Bremen, Germany
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
AFAIK, you need to loop,Filepattern through the path and count. I do not know a shorter way.

Edit: Hi Bobo.
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BoBo
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Toralf (Meister deutscher AHKHardcoreProjekte) Wink
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retrievea
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you very much! Smile
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Markus M.



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Posts: 14
Location: Stuttgart (Ger)
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
this one reads the dir recursive, counting files folders and size:
Code:

#NoEnv
SendMode Input

gui,add,text,, Please wait...
Gui, Show,w220 h50 ,Please wait

source=%A_WinDir%
SetBatchLines, -1
Loop, %source%\*, 1, 1
{

  IfInString, A_LoopFileAttrib, D
    NumDirs += 1
  else
    NumFiles += 1

  FolderSize += %A_LoopFileSize%
 
}

gui,destroy

Gui, Add, Text, xm y+20 , Files:
Gui, Add, Text, xp+80  w60 , %NumFiles%
Gui, Add, Text, xs, Directories:
Gui, Add, Text, xp+80  w60 , %NumDirs%
Gui, Add, Text, xm, Size:
SizeMB := Round(FolderSize/1000000 , 2)
Gui, Add, Text, xp+80  w60 , %SizeMB% MB



Gui, Add, Button, gButtonEND Default w100 , Close

Gui, Show, ,Dir content
 
return

ButtonEND:
guiescape:
GuiClose:
ExitApp


this is part of a script i working on

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