From: Jochen Kaechelin <fvgi242ss@...>
Date: 2006-12-17T08:18:38+09:00
Subject: Re: question about .gsub

Paul Lutus schrieb:
> Jochen Kaechelin wrote:
> 
>>          line = `tree /Users/aragon/Documents  -d`
>>          line.each { |l|
>>                    l = l.gsub(/\|/,' ')
>>                    l = l.gsub(/\-/,' ')
>>                    l = l.gsub(/\`/,' ')
>>
>>                    line = l
>>                    puts line
>>          }
>>
>>
>> I use the gsub commands because the tree command produces the
>> following output:
>>
>> |-- DUMMY
>> |-- lesen.rb
>> |-- test.txt
>> |-- test1.rb
>> |-- test2.rb
>> `-- tree.rb
> 
> Seems a shame to strip off all that tree-like formatting and characters,
> created with so much effort.

I want them to be store in a mysql-database.

>> Is there a way to reduce the code?
> 
> puts l.gsub!(%r{[`\-\|]},' '}
> 
> Not tested.
> 
> By the way, what are you trying to create? There are better ways to produce
> a tree display within Ruby itself.

I want to build a dropdown-menu so the admin ca select the 
homedirectory of an ftpuser.

Could you please point me to a better solution?

Thanx

-- 
Jochen