Seeking a method to "read" a DOS di

[tobin at uicsgva.UUCP]

It's been a while since I've done this, but as I recall there is a pair
of DOS function calls entitled "Find first matching" and "Find next matching
file".  The parameter passed to "find first" is a character string providing
a template (using wildcards) of the filename you want to match.  To match
the entire directory, use "*.*".  For example, to find all the files in
\top\middle\lowest, give the template "\top\middle\lowest\*.*" to
"find first".  Subsequent calls to "find next" simply provide the next
file in the directory to the caller.

Some of the details are a bit fuzzy to me, but I assume you have a DOS
Technical Reference manual.  They are explained well there, and after a 
little experimentation you should be able to use these calls quite well.
I have used them from MSC V4.0 without any assembler code at all.  I have
that code around somewhere, and could probably dig it up if you get stuck.

	Paul Tobin
	University of Illinois
	tobin at bach.csg.uiuc.edu