Lua:getFileList

function getFileList(Path, [SearchMask], [SearchSubDirs], [DirAttrib]) : Table

Returns an indexed table containing the names of files in the specified path.

Function Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Path	String	The directory path to search.
SearchMask	String (optional)	A file mask (e.g., "*.exe") to filter results. Default is "*".
SearchSubDirs	Boolean (optional)	If true, searches subdirectories recursively. Default is false.
DirAttrib	Integer (optional)	Directory attribute filter. Default is 0.

Returns

Table — An indexed table with the names of files found.

Examples

 1 local files = getFileList(getAutorunPath(), "*.txt")
 2 for i, name in ipairs(files) do
 3   print(name)
 4 end
 5 
 6 -- Search recursively for all .dll files
 7 local dlls = getFileList(getAutorunPath(), "*.dll", true)
 8 for i, name in ipairs(dlls) do
 9   print(name)
10 end

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