From: "Nakada, Nobuyoshi" <nobuyoshi.nakada@...>
Date: 2005-05-13T14:18:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Go through directories recursively

Hi,

At Fri, 13 May 2005 00:45:27 +0900,
Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov wrote in [ruby-talk:142400]:
> from the find2 code i've incorporated into my personal lib (Alib):
> 
>    #
>    # If `entry_path' is a directory, find recursively.
>    #
>    if stat_result.directory? \
>      && (!@xdev || @xdev_device == stat_result.dev) \
>      && (!@follow || !visited?(stat_result))

This "visited?" method would be the key.  We know it is possible, but
judged it is too expensive to implement as built-in.

-- 
Nobu Nakada