From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-08-14T08:15:06+09:00
Subject: Re: sh command that ascends dir tree for executable


Jeffrey Schwab wrote:
> Trans wrote:
> > Thanks Jeffrey and Ken. I was thinking maybe there was a util for this
> > already but I suppose not. I wrote code like this:
> >
> >   Dir.chdir('..') until File.exectuable?( file )
> >
> > It does change the directory, but for my purposes that's okay. See any
> > problems with that? Work with Windows okay?
>
> It'll loop forever if the file doesn't exist.

  Dir.chdir('..') until File.exectuable?( file ) or Dir.pwd == '/'

Will that work on Windows? If not what do I need to match?

Thanks,
T.