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From: rsherm@umbio.med.miami.edu (Roby Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: converting an Applesoft Directory Reader to ZBASIC...
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.015949.3751@news.miami.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 91 01:59:49 GMT
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I've been converting an Applesoft program to ZBASIC for a friend and have
just hit a snag. I cannot get a working routine that reads directory entries to work under ZBASIC.

For example in Applesoft, the code does a :

10 D$=CHR$(4)
20 ?D$"OPEN /VOLUMENAME ,TDIR"
30 ?D$"READ /VOLUMENAME"
40 INPUT A$  
    {PULL OUT A$ INFORMATION NEEDED}
    AND EVENTUALLY AFTER A FEW MORE INPUTS

100 ?D$"CLOSE"

Now how can I do that in ZBASIC? ZBASIC doesn't have a filetype pre-defined for DIR
files... HELP!!!!


Thanks...

     Roby

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