# MX\_FINDEND

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_Reviewed and revised May 2024_

**xcall MIAMEX, MX\_FINDEND**

MX\_FINDEND (MIAMEX 23) must be called at the end of each directory scan to release the resources established in the prior call to MX\_FINDFIRST. In the case of a nested (or recursive) scan, MX\_FINDEND also restores the context so that the next MX\_FINDNEXT call will get the next entry in the parent directory. Failure to call MX\_FINDEND for each MX\_FINDFIRST will eventually lead to a stack overflow.

Following is an example of a single directory scan. See [fndirscan.bsi in SOSLIB:\[907,010\]](https://bitbucket.org/microsabio/soslib/src/master/907010/fndirscan.bsi) for a set of functions for performing a nested or recursive directory scan.

**Example**

xcall MIAMEX, MX\_FINDFIRST, directory, status, filename, size, attrib



do while status = 0

    ....

    .. Process directory item here

    ....

    XCALL MIAMEX, MX\_FINDNEXT, status, filename, size, attrib

loop



\! terminate directory search and free resources

xcall MIAMEX,MX\_FINDEND