From: Jason Creighton <androflux@...>
Date: 2003-09-19T14:36:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Dir.foreach not with patterns?

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:59:25 +0100
Alan Davies <NOSPAMcs96and@yahoo.co.ukNOSPAM> wrote:

> Weirich, James wrote:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> I also prefer the ordering of the output of my Filescan class.

Could you post your Filescan class?

I'd like to see it, and compare w/ find.rb in the standard distribution.

Jason Creighton