From: Joby Bednar <CodeSlapper@...>
Date: 2006-02-22T03:08:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie: need suggestion for "the ruby way"

It might be more helpful to show what kind of output you want, rather
than what code you've created.

However, for a simple recursive directory listing, look more into the
Dir object:

depth = 1 #current or one directory down
files = Dir['**/*'].reject {|item|
	#filter out directories and directory depth
	File.directory?(item) or File.dirname(item).split('/').size > depth
}
puts files

You can add more logic to filter out other files, organize them in a
tree-like structure, etc.  But, the Dir object and methods are VERY
useful when used with File and other common Array and String methods.