Re: [xsl] directory listing extension

["andrew welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/20/06, andrew welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 7/20/06, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there an extension that given a directory will return a
> > > list of file paths from recursively traversing the directory,
> >
> > All extensions are processor-dependent.
> >
> >  eg:
> > >
> > > index.html
> > > images/logo.gif
> > >
> > > ...or will I need to write my own extension?
> > >
> >
> > You may be able to call the underlying system methods directly:
> >
> > xmlns:File="java:java.io.File"
> > <xsl:variable name="dir" select="File:new($directory)"/>
> > <xsl:variable name="files" select="File:list($dir)"/>
> > <xsl:for-each select="$files">...
>
> Thanks, sounds promising but I'm having an early problem: any idea why
> $files would be empty:
>
> <xsl:variable name="dir" select="File:new($directory)"/>
> <xsl:variable name="files" select="File:list($dir)" as="xs:string+"/>
>
> There are definitely files in the directory I'm passing in....

I've got it working now...

The directory I was passing in was in the form:

file:///c:/dir/subdir

After changing that to:

c:\\dir\\subdir

it's working as expected.

:-/

cheers
andrew