Returns all files and subdirectories within a specified parent. More...

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Detailed Description

Not OS specific (uses dopen / dread). It does not appear to be possible to reliably identify unix directories, and so a recursive option is not available. usage:

%mp_dirlist(path=/some/location,outds=myTable);

Parameters

path=	for which to return contents
outds=	the output dataset to create

Returns

outds contains the following variables:

• file_or_folder (file / folder)
• filepath (path/to/file.name)
• filename (just the file name)
• ext (.extension)
• msg (system message if any issues)

Version

9.2

Author

Allan Bowe

Definition in file mp_dirlist.sas.