Searching files
Some times you need to search in a secondary storage media for certain files, for
example if you need to get the names of .ini files that stored in your hard disk.
Also you may need to know files information such as size, attribute, and updated
time. These need can be achived by using FindFirst, and FindNext.
Example 1: (Get certain files and directories from any location)
var
Rec: TSearchRec;
begin
if FindFirst('c:\*.*', faAnyFile, Rec) = 0 then
repeat
ListBox1.Items.Add(Rec.Name + ' ' +
IntToStr(Rec.Size) + ' ' +
DateTimeToStr(
FileDateToDateTime(Rec.Time)));
until FindNext(Rec) <> 0;
FindClose(Rec); // Clear heap memory occupied by Rec
end;
Example 2: (To get file information)
var
Rec: TSearchRec;
Size, Attribute: Integer;
FTime: TDateTime;
begin
FindFirst('c:\autoexec.bat', faAnyFile, Rec);
Size:= Rec.Size;
FTime:= FileDateToDateTime(Rec.Time);
Attribute:= Rec.Attr;
FindClose(Rec);
end;