From: "dtown22@..." <dtown22@...>
Date: 2007-09-28T07:10:04+09:00
Subject: is there to invoke 'previous' in Find? (or refresh the current path?)

I am writing a small script which recursively goes down a dir
hierarchy, and when it reaches a set of files, it applies a 3rd party
application which modifies those files, and prepends the name with
"Mod-".

So for example, if i had a directory with only 1 file: C:\myDir
\myFile.txt, and I ran the app, I would end up with the following
files in c:\myDir

myFile.txt
Mod-myFile.txt

Basically, what i want to do is traverse down the hierarchy, when i
reach a set of files, call the app on that directory, then delete the
original, and rename the new file so that the "Mod-" is removed.
Unfortunately, the Find function doesnt see the newly created file,
and thus i cant delete & rename. My code looks something like this:

Find.find(startingDir) do |path|
  if File.directory?(path)
	next
  else
	system("myapp #{path}")
	puts path
	if File.basename(path) =~ /^Mod-/
	  if File.exists?(path.sub('Mod-', ''))
	  	File.delete(path.sub('Mod-', ''))
	  end
        File.rename(path, path.sub('Mod-', ''))
	end
  end
end

I was wondering if there was a way to reset the path one level up
(i.e. where "puts path" is above), that way the current directory
would be refreshed, and the new files would be recognized.

thanks!