Hello,

I have written an application which could create (theoretically) an unlimited number of txt files. These all have individual names, based on the date & time when they were created.

Is there a way of browsing the "system.DocumentsDirectory" looking for all txt files (ie "*.txt"), and then returning a list / table of the results?

If not, does anyone have any ideas of how I could manage this?

Thanks

Sadly, no there's not a way to do it (outside of the simulator).

Here's a link to folks that have tried some workarounds that may help. Otherwise, I think you'd have to either create a text file on your own indexing the files you're creating or something to that effect. :(

http://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2010/09/21/there-function-obtain-file-directory-listing

-Mario

Hello Mario,

Thank you for your reply.

I had a look at the link you gave, and Tom's code (below) works great, but only on the simulator - not on the iPhone.

Tom's code:

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  local dir = "'" .. system.pathForFile( x, system.DocumentsDirectory ) .. "'"
  local fileDir = "'" .. system.pathForFile( "_files.txt", system.DocumentsDirectory ) .. "'"
  os.execute("ls " .. dir .. ">" .. fileDir)