From: Servando Garcia Date: 2007-04-25T06:10:58+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] file-find 0.1.0

Sweet I want one. Where's the download link?

> On 4/24/07, Leslie Viljoen wrote:

>> On 4/24/07, Daniel Berger 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

>>> 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