From: Jochen Kaechelin <fvgi242ss@...>
Date: 2006-12-17T08:41:31+09:00
Subject: Re: question about .gsub

Paul Lutus schrieb:
> Jochen Kaechelin wrote:
> 
> / ...
> 
>>> 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.
> 
> By "them" do you mean individual file names, or the entire tree structure?
> If the former, which parts of the file information do you need?

I need the complete path - no filenames (dirname, basename?).
I need no additional file information - only the complete path.

> I ask because Ruby has many terrific ways to extract file information,
> without having to make Windows system calls.
> 
> / ...
> 
>>> 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?
> 
> Only with better information. How are the FTP users organized? What kind of
> drop-down menu, using what GUI library?

All FTP users a stored in a mysql database, uid, gid, MaxMB, 
DownloadBandwith .... The admin tool runs under apache and Ruby on 
Rails.