From: Simon ARNAUD <maz@...>
Date: 2002-02-28T10:58:00+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] Directory copy recursively

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 01:16:51 +0100, roktas wrote:

> * kwatch <kwatch@lycos.jp> [020228 01:38]:
>> "roktas" <roktas@omu.edu.tr> wrote in message
>> news:<20020225143216.A1028@WIN2K>...
>> > * kwatch <kwatch@lycos.jp> [020225 14:20]:
>> > > If you know how to copy a directory recursively with ruby,
>> > > please teach me.
>> > > I can't find method like 'copy' or 'xcopy' in Dir class.

You should try module FileUtils. I'm not sure it is in the base
install or not. Directly from fileutils.rb :

--- FileUtils#cp_r( list, dir, *options )
  Options = preserve noop verbose

  copies file/directory FILE1 to DIR/FILE1, FILE2 to DIR/FILE2 ...
  If FILE is a directory, copies its all contents recursively.

    FileUtils.cp_r 'mail.rb', 'field.rb', 'debug/', site_ruby + '/tmail'
    FileUtils.cp_r :noop, :verbose, Dir.glob('*.rb'), '/home/aamine/lib/ruby'


There are a lot of other methods that may suits you better.

Simon ARNAUD
aka Maz