From: Suraj Kurapati <sunaku@...>
Date: 2010-08-24T05:39:43+09:00
Subject: Re: directory listing without . and ..

Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> dirs = Dir[File.join(path, '*')].select {|x| File.directory? x}
> 
> Use the directory matching power of file globbing patterns:
> 
>   dirs = Dir["#{path}/*/"]
> 
> Here, the '/' suffix makes the pattern match directories only!

If you also want to match dot-directories, use more glob power:

  dirs = Dir["#{path}/{*,.[^.]*}/"]

This will match both normal directories (*/) and dot directories 
(.[^.]*/).  But it will fail if you have a directory named '..foo' or 
'........bar', for example.

Cheers.
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