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readDirectory -- read the contents of a directory

Synopsis

Description

i1 : dir = temporaryFileName()

o1 = /tmp/M2-29223-1
i2 : makeDirectory dir
i3 : (fn = dir | "/" | "foo") << "hi there" << close

o3 = /tmp/M2-29223-1/foo

o3 : File
i4 : readDirectory dir

o4 = {., .., foo}

o4 : List
i5 : removeFile fn
i6 : removeDirectory dir

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