From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-08-09T23:27:27+09:00
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Pathname.to_a

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fyi

fortytwo :~/tmp > irb -r pathname
irb(main):001:0> pn = Pathname.new(File.expand_path('.'))
=> #<Pathname:/home/ahoward/tmp>

irb(main):002:0> pn.dirname.basename
=> #<Pathname:ahoward>

cheers.


-a
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Hi folks,
today I found myself wanting to get the parent directory name of a file, =
so I=20
was looking whether Pathname has an to_a so I could do:

parent_dir =3D path.to_a[-2]

Since it didn't exist, I've written a small patch against CVS to add this=
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simple function, maybe you find it useful :-)

C'ya,
	Marc

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Marc Haisenko
Comdasys AG

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Tel: =C2=A0 +49 (0)89 - 548 43 33 21
Fax: =C2=A0 +49 (0)89 - 548 43 33 29
e-mail: haisenko@comdasys.com
http://www.comdasys.com

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--- pathname.rb.orig	2006-07-08 10:56:27.000000000 +0200
+++ pathname.rb	2006-08-09 14:10:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@
     @path.dup
   end
 
+  # Return the path as an Array.
+  def to_a
+    a = @path.split SEPARATOR_PAT
+    a.shift if a[0].size == 0
+    a
+  end
+
   # to_path is implemented so Pathname objects are usable with File.open, etc.
   alias_method TO_PATH, :to_s
 

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