Getting list of subfolders in a folder

Kazegarou · 14th March 2011, 18:15

Hello all,

Can you please tell me if there's a NSIS script to get a list or get the name, one at a time, of each subfolder inside a folder? Only one level below.

As in input -> $DOCUMENTS
Output:
C:\Users\..\My Documents\My Pictures
C:\Users\..\My Documents\My Music
C:\Users\..\My Documents\Downloads...

...and so on.

I even tried redirecting the output of 'dir "$DOCUMENTS" /ad /b > "$INSTDIR\directories.txt"' with nsExex::Exec and plain Exec... to no avail. If the file was created, all I'd have to do is a loop to read each line from it, but I didn't manage to get that to work either.

Thanks in advance.

MSG · 14th March 2011, 19:14

FindFirst $0 $1 "$INSTDIR\*.*"
loop:
StrCmp $1 "" done
${If} ${FileExists} "$1\*.*"
DetailPrint "Subdir found: $1"
${EndIf}
FindNext $0 $1
Goto loop
done:
FindClose $0

gadjah · 9th October 2016, 01:34

There's minor flaw that can cause you hours to debug in above code, here's a "7 hours worth" of fix:

FindFirst $0 $1 "$INSTDIR\*.*"
loop:
StrCmp $1 "" done
${If} ${FileExists} "$INSTDIR\$1\*.*"
DetailPrint "Subdir found: $INSTDIR\$1"
${EndIf}
FindNext $0 $1
Goto loop
done:
FindClose $0

Yeah, that "$INSTDIR\" omission makes the above codes only get two subdirs: . (current) and .. (parent). ...And got me really anxious for 7 hours! Damn, I'm such a dummy coder.

14th March 2011, 18:15	#1
Kazegarou Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 4	Getting list of subfolders in a folder Hello all, Can you please tell me if there's a NSIS script to get a list or get the name, one at a time, of each subfolder inside a folder? Only one level below. As in input -> $DOCUMENTS Output: C:\Users\..\My Documents\My Pictures C:\Users\..\My Documents\My Music C:\Users\..\My Documents\Downloads... ...and so on. I even tried redirecting the output of 'dir "$DOCUMENTS" /ad /b > "$INSTDIR\directories.txt"' with nsExex::Exec and plain Exec... to no avail. If the file was created, all I'd have to do is a loop to read each line from it, but I didn't manage to get that to work either. Thanks in advance.

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14th March 2011, 19:14	#2
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,892	FindFirst $0 $1 "$INSTDIR\." loop: StrCmp $1 "" done ${If} ${FileExists} "$1\." DetailPrint "Subdir found: $1" ${EndIf} FindNext $0 $1 Goto loop done: FindClose $0

9th October 2016, 01:34	#3
gadjah Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 1	There's minor flaw that can cause you hours to debug in above code, here's a "7 hours worth" of fix: FindFirst $0 $1 "$INSTDIR\." loop: StrCmp $1 "" done ${If} ${FileExists} "$INSTDIR\$1\." DetailPrint "Subdir found: $INSTDIR\$1" ${EndIf} FindNext $0 $1 Goto loop done: FindClose $0 Yeah, that "$INSTDIR\" omission makes the above codes only get two subdirs: . (current) and .. (parent). ...And got me really anxious for 7 hours! Damn, I'm such a dummy coder.