From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-03-22T07:51:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Find.find and files in cwd


On Mar 21, 2006, at 4:38 PM, rtilley wrote:

> zdennis wrote:
>
>> To get only normal files try:
>>    Dir["*"].delete_if{ |e| not File.file?( e ) }
>> To get only directories try:
>>    Dir["*"].delete_if{ |e| not File.directory?( e ) }
>> To get only links try:
>>    Dir["*"].delete_if{ |e| not File.link?( e ) }
>> Zach
>
> The whole thing seems a bit hackish to me and it still leaves links  
> to files and links to folders on my Windows test machine.
>
> I like this:
> contents = Dir.entries(Pathname.getwd)
>
> Better than this:
> contents = Dir["#{Dir.getwd}/*"]
>
> It makes more sense to me and seems more readable.
>
> I wish that with either approach File.file? would work like this:
>
> Dir.entries(Pathname.getwd).each do |entry|
>   if File.file?(entry)
>     puts entry
>   end
> end
>

Why not:
Dir.entries(Dir.pwd).each do |entry|
   unless File.directory?(entry)
     puts entry
   end
end

Or Dir.entries(Dir.pwd).reject { |entry| File.directory?(entry) }