# AnyLang Programming Language Comparison/Appendix:PLEAC Crossref:Directories
## Directories
### Introduction

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Getting and Setting Timestamps

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Deleting a File

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Copying or Moving a File

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Recognizing Two Names for the Same File

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Processing All Files in a Directory

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Globbing, or Getting a List of Filenames Matching a Pattern

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Processing All Files in a Directory Recursively

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Removing a Directory and Its Contents

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Renaming Files

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Splitting a Filename into Its Component Parts

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Program: symirror

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |

### Program: lst

| ada | c++ | commonlisp | cposix | erlang | factor | forth |
| groovy | guile | haskell | haskell-on-steroids | java | masd | merd |
| nasm | ocaml | perl | php | pike | pliant | python |
| R | rexx | ruby | smalltalk | tcl | | |