MAXscript: batch file query

[LFShade]

Let me see if I've got this straight. Given a list of directories, you'd like to go through each directory and find all .max files, then export them as .fbx into the same directory they came from. Right?

Should be easy, as long as you already know what directories you're looking in. If so, it might look something like this:

Dirs = #("C:\Dir1", C:\Dir2", "C:\Dir3")

for dir in Dirs do
(
for f in ( getFiles (dir + "*.max") ) do
(
loadMaxFile f
exportFile ( dir + maxFileName + ".fbx" )
)
)


If I'm missing the point, let me know:)

[bentllama]

Dirs = #("C:\Dir1", C:\Dir2", "C:\Dir3")


So the directories only need a comma sseperator? thats it? thats what was confounding me all this time! Arrrggghh! :)

Thanks for the help. I am gonna go see if I can finish the script now...

[bentllama]

That did the trick. I was expecting something longer [like I would do in MEL]...

LFshade, I am so happy I could touch you...:love:

[LFShade]

Ha! (no touching please:shame: ). But I'm glad it worked out for you.

Here's another thing you might find useful: you can build a recursive function to retrieve an entire directory tree, given a toplevel directory.

fn getDirTree dir &array =
(
if not matchPattern dir pattern:"*\\" do dir += "\\"
subdirs = getDirectories ( dir + "*" )
for sub in subdirs do
(
append array sub
getDirTree sub array
)
)

When you call this function, you pass in a path string and an empty array. When it finishes, the array will contain all directories under the one you passed in. In other words,

foo = #()
getDirTree "C:\\3dsmax4\\" foo

would put every single subdirectory of C:\3dsmax4\ into foo. That way if all the files you want to get at live in folders under a single directory, you can easily build your directory list to use with the code I provided earlier.

The function even has a little tolerance for the format of the directory string you pass in. You could use either "C:\\dir\\" or "C:\\dir", and it would still work (provided the directory is valid).

:beer:

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