From: Mike Steiner <mikejaysteiner@...>
Date: 2007-05-05T08:01:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Loop through files in a directory

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def GetRecursiveFileList ( dirname )
    results = Array.new
    # both methods should work the same (I think one returns the directory
names in addition to the files)
    use_method = 0
    if use_method == 0
        Dir["#{dirname}/**/**"].each do | thisfile |
            thisfile.gsub! ( /\// , '\\' )
            results.push ( thisfile )
        end
    else
        require 'find'
        Find.find ( dirname ) do | thisfile |
            thisfile.gsub! ( /\// , '\\' )
            results.push ( thisfile )
        end
    end
    return results
end


On 5/4/07, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 5 May 2007, Ben Johnson wrote:
>
> > I know this is a nub question, but the documentation on ruby is
> > terrible.
> >
> > How do I loop through all of the files in a directory?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
>
>
>    harp:~ > ls dir
>    a  b  c
>
>
>    harp:~ > cat a.rb
>    class Dir
>      def self.ls dir, glob = File.join('**', '**'), &block
>        ret = [] unless block
>        Dir.glob(File.join(dir, glob)) do |entry|
>          block ? block.call(entry) : ret.push(entry)
>        end
>        ret
>      end
>    end
>
>    Dir.ls 'dir' do |entry|
>      puts entry
>    end
>
>    entries = Dir.ls 'dir'
>    p entries
>
>
>    harp:~ > ruby a.rb
>    dir/a
>    dir/b
>    dir/c
>    ["dir/a", "dir/b", "dir/c"]
>
> -a
> --
> be kind whenever possible... it is always possible.
> - the dalai lama
>
>

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