Date   : Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:39:50 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Counting Directory Entries in L3 Econet

OSGBPB 8 ?
http://beebwiki.jonripley.com/Scanning_Directories_(Reading_Directory_Entries)


On 02/08/2009, Ian Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...> wrote:
> Is there a call I can use to find out how many entries are in a
> directory on Level 3 Econet?  I need something which will save multiple
> files without encountering a Dir full error which can be left unsupervised.
>
> So far I'm just counting the number of saves, but it's not foolproof because
> it is assuming that I am starting with an empty directory (which might not
> be the case) and also sometimes the same file is saved more than once.
>
> What I really need is a way of finding out if the next save would cause an
> error before it executes the command.
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Ian
>
>