From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-09-05T00:52:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Why does File.exists? not support regexp? It would be very handfull?



On Sep 4, 9:45 am, kazaam <kaz...@oleco.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> if I wanna check if a file exists like fglrx.i386.8.40.3.ko why is File.exists? not able to handle regexp to check this like:
>
> system('rm fglrx*') if File.exists?(/^fglrx.+/)
>
> --> ./test.rb:4:in `exists?': can't convert Regexp into String (TypeError)

Dir["fglrx*"].each{ |file| File.delete(file) }

Regards,

Dan