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#208131 - 2013-12-06 01:01 PM Desktop folder tool
kelp7 kelp7 Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-08-12 Posts: 124 Loc: UK	Hi, I'd like to write a short script which enumerates all the user folders within the (dependant on O.S.) "c:\documents and settings" or "c:\users" folder and then find out how many items exist within the Desktop sub-folder of each user's folder. Is there an easy way to enumerate all the folders (not files) that exist in a location and put the results in an array perhaps? Then I'd need to go through the array and enumerate files (not folders) for each element. Thanks! (the reason for this is sometimes we have to wipe and rebuild a PC and there have been perhaps 20 - 30 people that may have logged onto that PC. To preserve their desktop items we have to manually back those Desktop folders up. Instead of having to manually go through and check which people are actually storing anything on their Desktop, it'd be nice to have a tool that does this and shows the number of entries on screen of each Desktop folder) Edited by kelp7 (2013-12-06 01:05 PM)
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#208132 - 2013-12-06 02:44 PM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: kelp7]
Mart Mart KiX Supporter Registered: 2002-03-27 Posts: 4673 Loc: The Netherlands	Have a look at the DirPlus() UDF. It can enumerate items (folders or files or both) in a folder and puts the results into an array. Sound exactly like what you need. _________________________ Mart - Chuck Norris once sold ebay to ebay on ebay.
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#208133 - 2013-12-06 03:48 PM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: Mart]
kelp7 kelp7 Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-08-12 Posts: 124 Loc: UK	That's great! Thanks!
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#208134 - 2013-12-08 05:23 AM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: kelp7]
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	roaming profiles, anyone? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#208138 - 2013-12-09 09:37 AM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: Lonkero]
kelp7 kelp7 Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-08-12 Posts: 124 Loc: UK	Good God, no thanks.
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#208143 - 2013-12-09 04:28 PM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: Mart]
kelp7 kelp7 Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-08-12 Posts: 124 Loc: UK	Originally Posted By: Mart Have a look at the DirPlus() UDF. It can enumerate items (folders or files or both) in a folder and puts the results into an array. Sound exactly like what you need. The interesting thing with DirPlus() is when I display the number of files found in the console window (calculated by using the UBOUND() function), I seem to get a lot of results that are -1 and I seem to get a result of zero if there is only a single file in, for instance, the Desktop folder. Any ideas? Edited by kelp7 (2013-12-09 04:29 PM)
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#208144 - 2013-12-09 04:31 PM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: kelp7]
kelp7 kelp7 Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-08-12 Posts: 124 Loc: UK	Actually, I presume this is because the array is counted from zero upwards, so the first element is zero. I guess when outputting the actual figures to the screen I just need to plus 1 onto the amount.
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#208146 - 2013-12-09 04:47 PM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: kelp7]
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4403 Loc: New Jersey	I use Code: 1 + UBound($aData) + ' elements in the array' ? when debugging my code. Eliminates the whole "-1 is empty, 0 is 1" issue.. $\:\)$ Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#208147 - 2013-12-09 04:49 PM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: Glenn Barnas]
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4403 Loc: New Jersey	Oh - also.. When working with arrays and especially functions that return arrays, always check for the array being not empty: Code: $aData = SomeFunction() If $aData < 0 'No data!' ? Else ; work the array contents EndIf Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#208148 - 2013-12-09 05:38 PM Re: Desktop folder tool [Re: Glenn Barnas]
kelp7 kelp7 Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-08-12 Posts: 124 Loc: UK	Thanks Glenn I shall try that as I am still getting spurious results! Further testing needed I think.
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