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GetFiles

Returns the names of files in a specified directory as a comma-separated string.

SYNTAX 
GetFiles(path)
 GetFiles(path, searchPattern)
 GetFiles(path, searchPattern, recursive)
ARGUMENTS

path The directory from which the files are obtained.
searchPattern The search string to match against the names of files in path. The searchPattern parameter cannot end in two periods or contain two periods.
recursive TRUE = Searches in the current directory and all subdirectories.

If the directory structure contains a link that creates a loop back within the directory structure, the search results in an infinite loop.

FALSE = Searches only in the current directory.

RETURN A comma-separated string of file names in the specified directory. Defining the searchPattern parameter returns the names of files that match the specified search pattern. File names contain the full path.