# listDirectory

Canonical ID: `files.list`.

```text
listDirectory(slot, relativePath)
```

Returns at most 256 sorted entry names in a selected directory. An empty relative path lists the root. This is not recursive and exposes no absolute host paths. Requires a directory slot and explicit permission.

Returns a Map with `ok`, `status`, `value` and `error`. Check `ok` before using `value`; denial or an unavailable host is a structured failure.

Requires Creator Pro or its technical trial for IDE/CLI run and build. Available on desktop, CLI and supported native exports; not in the public playground. Source remains editable in Learner. Generated apps have no Pliro licence check.

## Call example

See the [advanced application guide](../guides/advanced-applications.md) for declarations, explicit host permissions and complete examples. This call assumes the required permissions; `handle` means the `value` from a successful open operation.

```text
listDirectory("reports", "")
```

[Built-ins](README.md)