Re: [xsl] Directory listing, as xml file

[Dave Pawson <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> > > > > > "Michael" == Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>     >> Any suggestions how this might be done (mostly) with xslt?
>     Michael> I think that all three currently-available XSLT 2.0
>     Michael> processors allow you to do
>
>     Michael> <xsl:for-each select="collection('file:///temp/dir')">
>     Michael> <xi:include href="document-uri(.)"/> </xsl:for-each>
>
> Gestalt won't - it returns directory entry names (file names or
> directory names).
>
>     Michael> though it's a bit painful as it's likely to involve
>     Michael> actually parsing each of the documents in the collection,
>     Michael> which is of course unnecessary if you only want the
>     Michael> names.
>
> Which is one reason I don't do it like that.



So it can be done with an extension.
I only want the *.xml files, so it would seem that
some OS specific listing, parsed in as an text entity
with a regex is likely
to be the simpler way, if only to get the globbing.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Colin, had you thought about taking yours further?
temp/dir/*.xml etc?



regards

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