.\"returns information pertaining to a filesystem directory
.TH get_dir 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions"
 
.SH NAME
get_dir() - returns information pertaining to a filesystem directory
 
.SH SYNOPSIS
mixed *get_dir( string dir, int default: 0 );
 
.SH DESCRIPTION
If `dir' is a filename ('*' and '?' wildcards are supported), an array of 
strings is returned containing all filenames that match the specification. 
If `dir' is a directory name (ending with a slash--ie: "/u/", "/adm/", etc),
all filenames in that directory are returned.  
 
If called with a second argument equal to -1, get_dir will return an array
of subarrays, where the format of each subarray is:
.IP
  ({ filename, size_of_file, last_time_file_touched })
.PP
Where filename is a string and last_time_file_touched is an integer being
number of seconds since January 1, 1970 (same format as time(3)).  The 
size_of_file element is the same value that is returned by file_size(3); the 
size of the file in bytes, or -2 if it's a directory.  
 
.SH SEE ALSO
file_size(3), stat(3), time(3)