From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T06:44:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Case sensitivity in glob revisited

On 7/30/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
so you would just get three entries with the same name, right?
Sorry I failed to understand that this was what you wanted <blush>.

Cheers
Robert

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