Command: FileNames

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Name:
 FileNames - return contents of current working directory
Synopsis:
 string FileNames -> array
           regex  FileNames -> array
Description:
 FileNames reads contents of current working directory
    via POSIX commands. Only files matching the regular expression
    mask set in string/regex are used.
Parameters:
 string : a mask converted to the regex
             regex  : the regular expression used to filter files
             array  : an array of strings containing matched files
Examples:
 (.*) FileNames -> all files of current directory
           Remember that POSIX regex and those used by ls are not
           necessarily the same !
Bugs:
 see remarks
Author:
 Hehl
FirstVersion:
 Oct 12th 1999
Remarks:
 Sorting of files done by :sort, a dummy UNIX sorter which
    is far from protable!
SeeAlso:SetDirectory Directory ls cd
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/filesystem.sli

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