From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-04-25T05:35:30+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] file-find 0.1.0

On 4/24/07, Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/24/07, Daniel Berger <djberg96@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm happy to announce the first release of file-find. This package is
> > meant as a replacement for the current 'find' module in the Ruby
> > standard library. It provides many more options for controlling the
> > behavior of your find operations.
> >
> > It is modelled on the 'find' command typically found on Unix systems.
> >
> > Example1:
> >
> > # Look for all .rb files changed in the last 24 hours
> > rule = File::Find.new(:name => "*.rb", :ctime => 0)
> > rule.find{ |file| puts file }
> >
> > # Look for all text files owned by user id 23, don't follow symlinks
> > rule = File::Find.new(:name => "*.txt", :user => 23, :follow => false)
> > rule.find{ |file| puts file }
> >
> > You can find install the file-find package as a gem, or grab the file
> > from the project page at http://rubyforge.org/projects/shards/. You
> > can also find it on the RAA.
>
> Woo! Thanks!
> One question: what happens when you iterate over a directory you do
> not have permission to read? Rio throws an exception and exits,
> meaning the remaining files are skipped, which is not cool. I tried to
> provide an option to skip forbidden directories, but Rio is a bit
> convoluted.

It skips them. :)

Regards,

Dan