From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2006-04-13T20:56:38+09:00
Subject: Re: File basenames using File.basename . . .

Berger, Daniel wrote:
>> >> 
>> Thanks, Dan. I still get the same thing, though: 
>> File.basename(txtfile, ".*") 
>> }
>> 
>> => ["eula.txt", "libcurl.COPYING.txt", "openssl.LICENSE.txt", 
>> "psout2.txt", "run
>> dll32.exe.Z-missing.txt"]
> 
> Oh, you're just seeing what irb returns at the end of Array#each.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> txtfiles.each{ |txtfile|
>    p File.basename(txtfile, '.txt')
> }
> 
> If you want to change the results of the array inline, do this:
> 
> txtfiles.map!{ |txtfile| File.basename(txtfile '.txt') }
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dan


Thanks, Dan. Both of your suggestions worked for me. Now, how could I 
fulfill my instructions in the filesystem itself, not just in the array? 
I know I can do it with a system("ren *.txt *."), but, how would I do it 
in RUBY?

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