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authorAlexander Holland <alexander.holland@live.de>2016-02-14 20:31:55 +0100
committerAlexander Holland <alexander.holland@live.de>2016-02-14 20:31:55 +0100
commite65838f2d0fde14e85ae7cc664da403376127663 (patch)
tree798502d5fc1786143304db98b94e1bf75b9fc0d1 /doc
parent260380be45a1db86ca373d89bfd4f6c2088fcb1b (diff)
some doc for directory
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-rw-r--r--doc/base/classes.xml28
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/base/classes.xml b/doc/base/classes.xml
index 0c7bbba85e..f6b9b9f446 100644
--- a/doc/base/classes.xml
+++ b/doc/base/classes.xml
@@ -9580,8 +9580,25 @@ This approximation makes straight segments between each point, then subdivides t
</class>
<class name="Directory" inherits="Reference" category="Core">
<brief_description>
+ Directory type.
</brief_description>
- <description>
+ <description>Directory type. Is used to manage directories and their content (not restricted to the project folder).
+
+How to iterate through the files of a directory example:
+
+func dir(path):
+ var d = Directory.new()
+ if d.open( path )==0:
+ d.list_dir_begin()
+ var file_name = d.get_next()
+ while(file_name!=""):
+ if d.current_is_dir():
+ print("Is directory: " + file_name)
+ else:
+ print("Is File:" + file_name)
+ file_name = d.get_next()
+ else:
+ print("Some open Error, maybe directory not found?")
</description>
<methods>
<method name="open">
@@ -9590,28 +9607,34 @@ This approximation makes straight segments between each point, then subdivides t
<argument index="0" name="path" type="String">
</argument>
<description>
+Opens a directory to work with. Needs a path, example "res://folder"
</description>
</method>
<method name="list_dir_begin">
<return type="bool">
</return>
<description>
+Loads all file names of the current directory (prepares the get_next() function).
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_next">
<return type="String">
</return>
<description>
+Is used to iterate through the files of the current directory. Returns the name(no path) of the current file/directory, it also contains "." and ".." .
+Returns an empty String "" at the end of the list.
</description>
</method>
<method name="current_is_dir" qualifiers="const">
<return type="bool">
</return>
<description>
+Returns true if the current file you are looking at with get_next() is a directory or "." or ".." otherwise false.
</description>
</method>
<method name="list_dir_end">
<description>
+Run this to empty the list of remaining files in get_next(). You can use it to end the iteration, as soon as your goal is reached.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_drive_count">
@@ -9634,12 +9657,14 @@ This approximation makes straight segments between each point, then subdivides t
<argument index="0" name="todir" type="String">
</argument>
<description>
+Needs a path or name to the next directory. When the target directory is in the current directory you can use "newfolder" otherwise you need the full path "res://currentfolder/newfolder"
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_current_dir">
<return type="String">
</return>
<description>
+Returns a path to the current directory, example: "res://folder"
</description>
</method>
<method name="make_dir">
@@ -9672,6 +9697,7 @@ This approximation makes straight segments between each point, then subdivides t
<argument index="0" name="name" type="String">
</argument>
<description>
+Returns true if directory exists otherwise false. Needs a path, example: "res://folder"
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_space_left">