file:list

Lists all files and directories in a given directory. The order of the items in the resulting sequence is not defined. The "." and ".." items are never returned. The returned paths are relative to the provided directory $dir.

list($dir as xs:string) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments
	$dir	xs:string	Path to the directory
Result		xs:string*

list($dir as xs:string, $recursive as xs:boolean) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments
	$dir	xs:string	Path to the directory
	$recursive	xs:boolean	Whether the operation should recurse down though the filesystem tree
Result		xs:string*

list($dir as xs:string, $recursive as xs:boolean, $pattern as xs:string) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments
	$dir	xs:string	Path to the directory
	$recursive	xs:boolean	Whether the operation should recurse down though the filesystem tree
	$pattern	xs:string	A glob pattern to match/filter file names
Result		xs:string*

Namespace

http://expath.org/ns/file

Links to specifications

EXPath File Module

Saxon availability

Available whether or not support for XPath 3.0 is enabled. Implemented since Saxon 9.5. Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE.