Manipulating files in subdirectories

[Stoop]

I have a subdirectory off my REBOL directory called serverlogs.

I want to be able to get at these log files, but don't want to have to use change-dir system/options/path/serverlogs

So, what does work is that when I do a:

foreach file read %serverlogs/ [print file]

Sure enough I get a print out of the filenames, but if I try and do something else in my program like read in the lines of the files with something like:

foreach file read %serverlogs [lines: read/lines file]

I get the following error
** Access Error: Cannot open /C/rebol/serverlogs
** Near: foreach file read %serverlogs [lines: read/lines file]

Doesn't the lines: assignment know that the files are in a subdirectory?

How do I change this so it works - all the examples I see online use change-dir, and I don't wan to do that.

Thanks.

 

[CarlRead]

Reading a directory creates a block containing the file-names and directory-names in the directory, but not their full paths.  The solution to your problem is to join the path to the file-name.  ie...

... [lines: read/lines join %/C/rebol/serverlogs/ file]

If needs be, you can get the path to the current directory using WHAT-DIR.  So alternatives to the above could be...

... [lines: read/lines rejoin [what-dir %serverlogs/ file]]

or ...

path: join what-dir %serverlogs/
...
... [lines: read/lines join path file]
 

[Stoop]

OK, so the block doesn't hold full-path information.

Thanks very much for clarifying that and for the examples - most appreciated.

Stuart