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JohnB
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In another company, I used the following command to capture a directory listing:

DIR c:\ibi\apps\ibisamp\car.foc > TEMP.TXT

and it worked fine.

I'm trying to use this command again at a different company, but the output does not redirect to TEMP.TXT. Instead it displays.

How can I get this to work?

Thank you,

John

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Francis Mariani
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Try using the DOS command:

DOS DIR C:\IBI\APPS\IBISAMP > C:\TEMP.TXT


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Thanks, Francis. I made a typo in my message and left out the DOS. Adding the "C:\" solved the problem.

Regards,

John


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Francis Mariani
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Without the C: the result goes into the DOS working (current) directory, which may not be C:\ and it may not be the directory you're enquiring about. You probably have a file named TEMP.TXT in some other directory...


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If you need the directory content for reporting you should use

APP QUERY ibisamp HOLD
-RUN
TABLE FILE FOCAPPQ
PRINT *
END


This works with any operating system and you can use the listing for reports or wirite the list in any format supported by webfocus.
 
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Tony A
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Patrick,

That's great if you want the entire directory listing of an Application folder (or a mapped one), but if you only want the dir listing of a single file (as seems to be the point here) or another network directory then good ol' DIR is the way to go.

T


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