From: Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@...>
Date: 2011-09-26T21:54:09+09:00
Subject: Re: FileUtils head-scratcher...


On Sep 26, 2011, at 6:04 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:

> 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?

Robert, yes, my original message (first line) said that was my goal.

BTW, adding the :force => true option made this work. I am still puzzled as to why (I should probably look at the underlying implementation) but I am satisfied for now.

Thanks all for the help.

cr