From: "Jesús Gabriel y Galán" <jgabrielygalan@...>
Date: 2012-07-04T18:59:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Copying Files

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Alex C. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Jan E. wrote in post #1067361:
>> Alex C. wrote in post #1067360:
>>> Still doesn't work :(
>>
>> What doesn't work? If no file is copied, then it's simply because
>> there's no "FileUtils.copy". The code above only selects the files that
>> should be copied.
>>
>>
>>> Does file_path need to be changed to target_path, as that's what I've
>>> defined above it?
>>
>> No, file_path is the block parameter referring to the current file.
>
> require 'fileutils'
>
> original_path, target_path =
>   'D:/Stuff/Ruby', 'C:/new'
>
> ignore_folder = 'D:/Stuff/Ruby/2/'
> copy_files = Dir["#{original_path}/**/*.*"].reject do |file_path|
>   file_path.start_with? ignore_folder
> end
>
> FileUtils.copy Dir["#{original_path}/**/*.*"], target_path

> Thats what I have, and it now copies all the files, but hasn't ignored a
> file thats in D:/Stuff/Ruby/2/ - which is what I wanted..hmmph

FileUtils.copy copy_files, target_path

you need to use the array you calculated previously.


Jesus.