wrong result of ExamineDirectory

[rvrom]

I use PureBasic 5.31 (x86) on Win 8.1 and noticed that ExamineDirectory always returns positive value for non existing file with existing folder.

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if ExamineDirectory(0, GetCurrentDirectory(), "fake.txt")
  While NextDirectoryEntry(0)
    Debug DirectoryEntryName(0)
  Wend
  FinishDirectory(0) 
EndIf

NextDirectoryEntry works correctly and doesn't go inside a loop.

[Bisonte]

that is the correct behaviour.

ExamineDirectory returns a value <> 0 IF the directory can be examined...

That has nothing to do with the pattern....

If the directory in your example not exist... it returns 0...

[rvrom]

that is the correct behaviour.

ExamineDirectory returns a value <> 0 IF the directory can be examined...

That has nothing to do with the pattern....

If the directory in your example not exist... it returns 0...

nope! I said that ExamineDirectory always returns positive value (<> 0) for any patterns in existing folder.

for example

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result = ExamineDirectory(0, GetCurrentDirectory(), "not_existing_file.txt")
; "*.txt" pattern will also receive wrong result if no txt files in the folder

Debug Str(result) ; will print positive value more than 0

please verify.

[Little John]

I said that ExamineDirectory always returns positive value (<> 0) for any patterns in existing folder.

So what?
As Bisonte wrote, ExamineDirectory() tests the directory, not yet any file. It checks whether the directory can be accessed, and it prepares the search for files of the given pattern.
You are confusing ExamineDirectory() with NextDirectoryEntry(), which does the actual file search.
See the manual for details.

No bug.

[Demivec]

that is the correct behaviour.

ExamineDirectory returns a value <> 0 IF the directory can be examined...

That has nothing to do with the pattern....

If the directory in your example not exist... it returns 0...

nope! I said that ExamineDirectory always returns positive value (<> 0) for any patterns in existing folder.

please verify.

@rvrom: I have verified what you said is true. It also matches exactly what is said in the help file and exactly matches Bisonte's re-statement of the help file 'that it has nothing to do with the pattern'.

Returns nonzero if the directory can be enumerated or zero if there was an error.

Not a bug.

[rvrom]

So what?
...
No bug.

Yep. I'm agree. This is not a bug. I was confusing by Kale's comment:
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 460#p30460