From: Clement Ow Date: 2008-04-10T12:25:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Exceptions in file copying > Dir.glob returns an array > > irb(main):012:0> Dir.glob("2008*") > => ["20080331", "2008abc", "2008def", "2008ghi"] > > and you can (easily) subtract arrays by the "-" operator > > irb(main):014:0> [1,2,3] - [3] > => [1, 2] > > so you can do something like > > irb(main):015:0> Dir.glob("2008*") - ["20080331"] > => ["2008abc", "2008def", "2008ghi"] Exactly what i wanted! :) Thanks and regards, Clement -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.