[DUG] Grouping files

[KuetFung.Chong at sungard.com]

Not sure this will be faster or easier:
 
Execute the DOS command
 
dir /a-d /od /tc > files.txt
 
Read "files.txt" to get the list of files you want - not pretty but
possible.
 
Cheers,
Kuet-Fung
 

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]On Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2005 11:41
To: delphi at delphi.org.nz
Subject: [DUG] Grouping files


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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