From: Harold Hausman <hhausman@...>
Date: 2007-04-24T09:45:50+09:00
Subject: Re: glob on a dir object

On 4/24/07, ruby newbie <vigneshsriniv@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am a Ruby newbie and having fun learning it so far...Can anyone help
> me as to why this does not work?
>
> Why does not glob method work on a Directory object created or am I
> not using the OO constrcuts the right way?
>

Right.

The glob method is only available on the Dir class. Observe:
C:\>ri Dir#glob
Nothing known about Dir#glob

C:\>ri Dir::glob
-------------------------------------------------------------- Dir::glob
     Dir.glob( string, [flags] ) => array
     Dir.glob( string, [flags] ) {| filename | block }  => nil
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Returns the filenames found by expanding the pattern given in
     _string_, either as an _array_ or as parameters to the block. Note
     that this pattern is not a regexp (it's closer to a shell glob).
     See +File::fnmatch+ for the meaning of the _flags_ parameter.
   ...


hth,
-Harold