Try this!

You might want to add a filter to return only those files types you want, i.e. ".gif"

Code:

String[] children;
int childCount = 0;
File dir;
  
void setup() {
  

  dir = new File((System.getProperty("user.home"))+"/yourPath"); 

  children = dir.list();
  if (children == null) {
    println("-- file not found");
    return;

  } else {

   
    for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++) {

	println (children[i]);
    }
  }
  println(children.length+" files found..."); 
  
}


 

Look here:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/File.html

Processing extends java.applet, which is itself and extension of the java.lang.Object root class (common parent to all Java code):

Here's a link to the package/class overview

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/index.html

So it's not strictly part of the processing package, hence no reference to it in the docs, but processing can of course use it.

Sorry for the crap explanation.

Look at the FAQ and comparison etc. for more info