From: zdennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2006-03-22T09:15:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Find.find and files in cwd

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
> 

Working with file globs is *not* hackish in my opinion. File globs are a powerful and wonderful thing. See Dir#glob for more
information.

Granted reject is better use then delete_if in this scenario. I like Logan's last solution, although to tidy it up:
   Dir.entries( Dir.pwd ).reject{ |f| File.directory?( f )  }

Zach