From: Matthew Moss <matt@...>
Date: 2008-12-13T23:37:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating directory structures

> Starting with a base directory, we will say "foo", I need to iterate
> through all subdirectories, gathering only files that contain certain
> characters in their name. That part was easy, and it is returning the
> array like I mentioned previously. Should I be doing it differently?

That seems like a quite reasonable way to do it.


> After gathering the files, a new file is created for each file
> gathered, and placed in a seperate location, with a new base  
> directory.
> The structure of the subdirectories must be maintained however. I'm
> having an immensly difficult time getting this to work. I've tried
> several different options, what do you guys think the best way to  
> handle
> this task would be?

Once you have an array of the source files, you should be able to  
create a list of the potential new files by replacing part of the  
source paths (using String#gsub).

After that, enumerate your files, creating the directory (using  
File.dirname) and then creating the file.