From: "Weirich, James" <James.Weirich@...>
Date: 2003-09-19T00:50:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Dir.foreach not with patterns?

> >> I like the Dir[] form (or its "glob" alternative).  I used to write
> >> recursive functions to search a directory tree.  Then I discovered
> >> Dir['**/*.rb'].  Not only is it easier, it's also faster.
> 
> I'm not so sure.  I timed my recursive "Filescan" class against Dir[] on 
> a large fileserver.  Dir[] took 92 seconds, and my Filescan class only 
> took 72 seconds.

Hmmm ... Perhaps I implemented the my recursive search in a slow manner.
Care to share your Filescan class?

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