From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2006-04-20T23:57:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Questions about copying using FileUtils

>>>>> "P" == Peter Bailey <pbailey@bna.com> writes:

P> Dir.chdir("c:/scripts/ruby/temp")
P> require 'fileutils'
P> include FileUtils::Verbose
P> psfiles = Dir.glob('*.ps')
P> psfiles.collect!{ |psfile| File.basename(psfile, '.ps') }
P> psfiles.each do |psfile|
P>     puts psfile
P>     FileUtils.cp("psfile", psfile + ".pageinfo")
                    ^^^^^^^^

 Why do you use " here ? ruby search the file "psfile" and not the name
 given in the variable `psfile'

 Just write

   FileUtils.cp(psfile, psfile + ".pageinfo")
 
P> end

P> As a related question, do all iterators, like my "each" below, require 
P> an "end?"

 This is `do' which need an `end'

 You can write
  
   1.times do |i|
      puts i
   end

 or

   1.times {|i|
      puts i
   }



Guy Decoux