[DUG] Grouping files

[Robert martin]

Hi

Is a TSearchRec really that slow?  I have always thought it was fine to 
open a Tsearchrec and do a FindNext until I got to the right file.  We 
have a recursive routine that does this to search an entire HDD for 
certain files and it seems quick (it takes about the same amount of time 
as doing a windows find on the entire hdd). 

If I was doing it, I go through all files and add the ones within the 
valid date range to a StringList for further processing.

Rob Martin
Software Engineer

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Wild Software Ltd



Jeremy Coulter wrote:

> Hi All.
> I have been given a request that means I need to look inside some zip 
> files in an archived dir we have.
> I only need to look at certain files within a certain file date range 
> BUT, we unfortunitly have over 7700 files in this dir !!!! I know, I 
> know....but this is only a couple of mnths worth of files ! so we 
> kinda have to live with.
>  
> Is there a way to "Group" files togeither so that when I do a 
> TSearchRec search, the files are in decending order of date?
> Then, I can look at the file date and if its not within the range, I 
> can stop the searchrec.....I hope you understand what I mean.
>  
> I thought about loading the files into an array, and sorting them on 
> date then getting rid of the ones I dont need or as it loops thru, 
> just ignore the ones I dont want, but this is just as slow as doing a 
> SearchRec.
>  
> anyone got any ideas?
>  
> Jeremy
>
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