Algorithm (Workflow)

This function, dircrd, is designed to list directory contents similar to the dir function, but it returns the creation date of files instead of the modification date.

Input Parameters

• varargin: A variable-length input argument list that allows the function to accept any number of input arguments, similar to the dir function. These arguments specify the directory path and file pattern to search for.

Output

• xx: A structure array similar to the output of dir, but with the date field replaced by the file creation date.

Algorithm Steps

1. Call the dir function with the input arguments to get a list of files and directories matching the specified pattern. Store the result in xx.
2. Determine the number of elements in xx using numel and store it in nn.
3. Iterate over each element in xx using a for-loop from 1 to nn:
• Call showprogress to display the progress of the operation.
• Construct the full file path by concatenating the folder path and file name using filesep for the directory separator.
• Call fcreationdate with the full file path and a boolean true to retrieve the creation date of the file.
• Update the date field of the current element in xx with the creation date obtained from fcreationdate.

The function is noted to be too slow for practical use as of June 2024, and it was first introduced in SolidGeometry version 5.4.