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:nFILES Statement Programming Example
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FILES Statement Programming Examples
 
The following statements illustrate the use of FILES.
                                ----- Note -----
  Execution halts if you try to run this example without a disk in drive B,
  or if the specified files cannot be found.
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FILES              'Shows all files on the current directory.
FILES "*.BAS"      'Shows all files with the extension .BAS.
FILES "B:*.*"      'Shows all files on drive B.
FILES "B:"         'Equivalent to "B:*.*".
FILES "TEST?.BAS"  'Shows all five-letter files whose names
                   'start with "TEST" and end with the .BAS
                   'extension.
FILES "\SALES"     'If SALES is a directory, this statement
                   'displays all files in SALES; if SALES is
                   'a file in the current directory, this
                   'statement displays the name SALES.