Hi GrandFather -- Thanks for the suggestion. I tried your code and it works as you mentioned, but I tried the same code with a static data file from the application itself (I posted a copy here: subfolders.txt), and the list never got past the first "/foldername". I'm looking into that to find out why.

However, I also don't see in your code how deep the paths could go. Some of these folder/subfolder relationships go down 5 or 6 levels so we could see something like this:

/foldername_ten/foldername_eleven/foldername_twelve/foldername_thirteen/foldername_fourteen

It looks like your code only handles the first level of subfolder. Is that correct?

For an example of how this data could be nested, search for folder ID 3053 in the linked datafile above and tell me if your code could address the structure seen there. Thank you for your assistance!

In reply to Re^2: Building a UNIX path from Irritating data by roswell1329
in thread Building a UNIX path from Irritating data by roswell1329

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