File browser

[thsock]

Is there a tutorial somewhere on writing a file browser? I know Mike Haggar and several others have already done it.
Thanks.

[thsock]

Ok lol(really easy) i figured out how to list the current directory, but how do i list the contents of the directory?\







OSi 2.0 on the way

[KawaGeo]

I don't think there is such a documentation regarding the output of current directory function. All I know is that the output is a list of "subtables" and a few members. Only source I could find for more info is in Lowser. script.

Someone needs to doc the table structure for the output.

[MagicianFB]

Each indice of the results of System.listDirectory(), has three parts.

name: the name of the file
size: the size of the file in bytes
directory: a boolean saying whether the file is a directory/folder

heres a quick example of a code to display the names all files on the root of the memory stick:

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contents = System.listDirectory("ms0:/")

for k in ipairs(contents) do
	print(contents[k].name)
end

[KawaGeo]

Is that all, just three indices? What about dates? I wonder.

[MagicianFB]

Is that all, just three indices? What about dates? I wonder.

When you print all values of an indice by doing the following:

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table.foreach(contents[1], print)

Those are the only three you get.