From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2006-04-21T00:21:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Questions about copying using FileUtils

ts wrote:
>>>>>> "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


Thanks, Guy. I re-did that line, but get the same results.

FileUtils.cp(psfile, psfile + ".pageinfo")

OK. So, it's the "do" that needs the "end," not the "each."

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