From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2006-02-18T15:58:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Removing files in directtories

John Maclean wrote:
> Almost there... I've included line 7 as I'd like to be able to remove
> files from a directory using code blocks. Commented it out for now
> until I can work out how it's done. Suggestions appreciated.
>
> #!/usr/bin/ruby -w
> def back_up
>   backdir = ENV["HOME"] + "/foo/"
>   puts "about to backup some files and tar them into ~/foo"
>   puts "listing data in ~/foo"
>   Dir.foreach(backdir)   {|file_names|
> #      File.delete("#{backdir}" + file_names)
>  puts File.directory?
> file_names }
> end
> back_up
>
> --
> John Maclean
> MSc (DIC)
> 07739 171 531

def back_up
  backdir = ENV["HOME"] + "/foo/"
  puts "about to backup some files and tar them into ~/foo"
  puts "listing data in ~/foo"

  Dir.foreach(backdir) { |name|
    name = File.join( backdir, name )
    if File.file?( name )
      yield name
    end
  }
end

back_up { |file_name|
  puts file_name
}