From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@...>
Date: 2005-07-08T06:21:26+09:00
Subject: Re: recursively descend and rename files.

Thanks for everyones Ideas on this one. It works perfectly. If anyone  
has the need to do something similar heres the code:

---start--------
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
# recursively descend through directories and change filenames to be  
webserver compliant based on a regex.

require 'find'
require 'ftools'


def rename(filename)
   new_name = File.join(File.dirname(filename), fix_name(File.basename 
(filename)))
   File.move(filename, new_name)
end

def fix_name(name)
         name.gsub!(/[\s_]/, "-")
         name.downcase!
         name.gsub!(/[^a-z0-9.-]*/, '')
         name.gsub!(/^-/,'')
end

path = "/Volumes/Users/ez/LOGOS" # change me to the path of the root  
folder you want to start from.
Find.find(path) do |file|
   rename(file)
end

----end---------

On Jul 7, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Ryan Leavengood wrote:

> Ezra Zygmuntowicz said:
>
>>
>> Can some one please point me in the right direction?
>>
>
> require 'ftools'
>
> def rename(filename)
>   new_name = File.join(File.dirname(filename),
> fix_name(File.basename(filename)))
>   File.move(filename, new_name)
> end
>
> def fix_name(basename)
>   # whatever fixes the name
>   basename.gsub(/s/,'xxx')
> end
> __END__
>
> Ryan
>

-Ezra Zygmuntowicz
Yakima Herald-Republic
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ezra@yakima-herald.com