From: Markus Prinz <markus.prinz@...>
Date: 2009-02-27T18:46:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Why does Dir#glob("**/*") miss dot directories?


On 27.02.2009, at 10:34, timr wrote:
> So is there a way to get glob to additionally look inside
> of .directories?

Yes, by specifying File::FNM_DOTMATCH as the second argument:

ruby -e 'Dir.glob("**/*.rb", ile::FNM_DOTMATCH)'

> Alternatively, if you know of another pure and elegant way of finding
> all files recursively, even in dot directories perhaps with File or
> something, I would greatly appreciate an example.

Maybe this is what you're looking for?

 From the Find documentation (http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/find/rdoc/index.html 
):
require 'find'

total_size = 0

Find.find(ENV["HOME"]) do |path|
   if FileTest.directory?(path)
     if File.basename(path)[0] == ?.
       Find.prune       # Don't look any further into this directory.
     else
       next
     end
   else
     total_size += FileTest.size(path)
   end
end
g, Markus