From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T05:03:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Case sensitivity in glob revisited



On Jul 30, 12:25 pm, "Robert Dober" <robert.do...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/30/07, Trans <transf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >      Dir.glob( pattern, [flags] ) => array
> >      Dir.glob( pattern, [flags] ) {| filename | block }  => nil
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >      Returns the filenames found by expanding _pattern_ which is an
> >      +Array+ of the patterns or the pattern +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. Note that case sensitivity
> >      depends on your system (so +File::FNM_CASEFOLD+ is ignored)
>
> > "case sensitivity depends on your system"
>
> > Ruby's cross-platform, so Ruby should trump the system. Of course if
> > the system is case insensitive, to won't matter wither way. But
> > otherwise without this, to get case insensitivity we have to do:
>
> >   Dir.glob("[Ss][Oo][Mm][Ee][Th][Ii][Nn][Gg][Ss][Tt][Uu][Pp][Ii][Dd]")
>
> Tom what would you expect it to do in the following case:
>
> touch SomeThingStupid
> touch somethingstupid
> touch SOMETHINGSTUPID  # no, I am not shouting, sorry ;)
>
> I am afraid Ruby can not overcome some limitations of the cruel,
> physical world :(.

Oh, I just meant for Dir#glob. Where the docs said "(so
+File::FNM_CASEFOLD+ is ignored)" -- I didn't want it to be ignored.

T.