all the examples i've seen seem to be for windows and are a
bit different than what i need. also, findfirstfile is not
in the textbook i bought to use as reference.

i need to find the first file in a directory so i can perform
a loop for processing. all of the files in the directory will
be of the same type and have the same name except that each
file is numbered. if i can find the first file in the directory,
i should be able to parse the name and increment the numbers in
the loop to move through the directory.

any tips on finding the first file's name?

thanks,
BabaG