From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-09-26T20:04:55+09:00
Subject: Re: FileUtils head-scratcher...

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@ateb.com> wrote:
> On 9/25/2011 12:22 PM, Chuck Remes wrote:
>>
>> require 'fileutils'
>>
>> def makedir(name)
>>  FileUtils.mkdir name unless File.exists?(name)&&  File.directory?(name)
>> end
>>
>> makedir('dir')
>> Dir.chdir('dir') do
>>  makedir('subdir')
>>  Dir.chdir('subdir') do
>>    5.times {|i|  FileUtils.touch i.to_s }
>>    makedir('subsubdir')
>>    Dir.chdir('subsubdir') do
>>      5.times {|i|  FileUtils.touch i.to_s }
>>    end
>>  end
>>
>>  subdir = Dir.glob("subdir/*")
>>  FileUtils.mv subdir, '.', :verbose =>  true
>> end
>
> add
>
> :force =>  true
>
> to the call to
> FileUtils.mv subdir, '.', :verbose =>  true

Chuck, you should also be aware that you move directories up one level
as well.  Is this what you want?

Kind regards

robert

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