From: Alexander McMillan <alexandermcmillan@...>
Date: 2012-12-01T01:43:50+09:00
Subject: Re: removing directories

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require 'fileUtils'
# And now the code to delete the directory tree.
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FileUtils.remove_dir("C:/Users/your/filepath/to_directory")

To can read this lesson 27 @=20
http://www.oldkingjames.org/RUBY_LESSONS/ruby_lessons_index.html

> Date: Thu=2C 29 Nov 2012 22:39:52 +0900
> From: lists@ruby-forum.com
> Subject: removing directories
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
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> Hello=2C
> I've googled around and I've discovered that "FileUtils.rm_rf('#{dir}')
> will remove a directory. But=2C I can't get it to work. I need to go into
> a created subdirectory=2C move the files in there to the parent directory=
=2C
> go back into the parent directory and remove the subdirectory. This is
> all part of a graphic workflow I'm working on.
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> There is only one subdirectory created here=2C no more.
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> Dir.chdir("T:/asura/ads_books/out/tiff")
> list =3D Dir.entries('.')
> list.delete(".")
> list.delete("..")
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> list.each do |dir|
>   Dir.chdir("T:/asura/ads_books/out/tiff/#{dir}")
>   Dir.glob("*.tiff").each do |tifffile|
>     FileUtils.mv(tifffile=2C "T:/asura/ads_books/out/tiff")
>   end
>   Dir.chdir("T:/asura/ads_books/out/tiff")
>   FileUtils.rm_rf('#{dir}')
> end
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> Thank you=2C
> Peter
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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