From: Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@...>
Date: 2008-12-12T12:47:03+09:00
Subject: Re: rename to txt file - file not found in list,but in directory

Mmcolli00 Mom wrote:
> I am trying to rename a file in my directory. I can see this file in
> directory. It has an extention of .dep, when I attempt to rename it,
> nothing gets renamed. When I output all filenames from the directory
> this particular file containing .dep is not on the list. I can see it is
> there, however this script doesn't pull it. Do you know what this might
> mean?
> 
> require 'fileutils'
> require 'find'
> require 'ftools'
> require 'enumerator'
> 
> #locate new .dep file and rename to txt file for later modification
> 
> Dir.entries("C:/Diff").each do |filename|
>  if File.extname("*.dep") then
>     puts filename
>     puts File.ftype("2227_12112008090607519.dep") #<--can't find this
>      File.rename(".dep", "orgDep.txt") #<--doesn't find any file with
> .dep
>     end
>    end
> end

require 'fileutils'
require 'find'
require 'ftools'
require 'enumerator'

#locate new .dep file and rename to txt file for later modification

Dir.entries("/tmp").each do |filename|
     if File.extname(filename).match(".dep") then
         puts "#{filename}"
         puts File.ftype("2227_12112008090607519.dep") #<--can't find this
         File.rename(filename, "orgDep.txt") #<--doesn't find any file with .dep
     end
end