From: Bryan JJ Buckley <jjbuckley@...>
Date: 2008-06-21T18:37:10+09:00
Subject: Re: File question

Dir::glob is a bit more powerful than Dir::[], and it can take a
block, to which the filename gets passed. ri Dir::glob has pretty
comprehensive documentation on this.

  Dir.glob("/path/to/files/*.*-*-*.csv") do |filename|
    File.open("name_extra.txt", "w+") do |file|
      file.puts filename
    end
  end

But if you need to mangle the filename, then, as Martin said, you can
run a regexp on the string once you have it.

2008/6/20 Justin To <tekmc@hotmail.com>:
> File name: some_random_report.2008-06-20.csv
>
> I know which folder this file will be in, I just don't know what the
> exact file name is. It should look similar to what I have above, except
> everyday the date could be different. How would I search the folder for
> the file? Also, I want my program to be able to open a new document
> called "File name_extra.txt". How do I capture the File name into a
> string, once I've figured out which file to open in the first place?
>
> Thanks!!
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>
>



-- 
JJ