From: Alan Davies <NOSPAMcs96and@...>
Date: 2003-09-23T19:53:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Dir.foreach not with patterns?

ts wrote:

>>>>>>"A" == Alan Davies <NOSPAMcs96and@yahoo.co.ukNOSPAM> writes:
> 
> 
> A> I'm pretty sure you can't have filenames with \n in them, and that 
> A> pattern wouldn't match them anyway.
> 
>  Then test it with a real OS :-)

Personally I can't stand linux/unix, but each to his own, as they say.

> 
> svg% ls -a
> /  ../
> svg% 
> 
> svg% ruby -e 'Dir.mkdir "aa\n.."'
> svg% 
> 
> svg% ls -a
> /  ../  aa?../
> svg% 
> 
> svg% ruby -e 'Dir.foreach(".") {|d| p d}'
> "."
> ".."
> "aa\n.."
> svg% 
> 
> svg% ruby -e 'Dir.foreach(".") {|d| next if d =~ /^\.\.?$/; p d}'
> svg% 
> 
> 
> 
> Guy Decoux
> 
> 

Filenames with \n in them is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

I take it the regexp should be /\A\.\.?\z/ then?

Alan.