I'm trying to make my own program that can help me manage my
files/folders faster than Windows command prompt but I have ran across a
problem.
The problem is if a user tries to open a folder while the program is in
"open text file" mode, it will close itself.
Code: http://pastebin.com/uFtpji0H
My question to you is, why is this File.readable not working against
folders? Is my code bad? Help me.
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I'm trying to make my own program that can help me manage my
files/folders faster than Windows command prompt but I have ran across a
problem.The problem is if a user tries to open a folder while the program is in
"open text file" mode, it will close itself.
What error are you seeing? Is it this one?
$ ruby -e 'File.open("."){|io|io.each_line {|l| puts l}}'
-e:1:in `each_line': Is a directory - . (Errno::EISDIR)
from -e:1:in `block in <main>'
from -e:1:in `open'
from -e:1:in `<main>'
You usually cannot open folders like files. That's why there is Dir.open():
Btw. using string interpolation for strings is superfluous and inefficient.
My question to you is, why is this File.readable not working against
folders? Is my code bad? Help me.
It is:
$ ruby -e 'p File.readable?(".")'
true
File.readable checks permissions but File.open checks the type of
filesystem object. That's not the same.
Cheers
robert
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:46 PM, cynic limbu <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
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why we can't open a dir , and return a file list .
a=File.open(".")
a.each_line{|f| p open(f) }
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Dear Cynic Limbu,
You can test if the "filename" is a file with File::file?
Look at a modified version of your pastebin.
Abinoam Jr.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:46 PM, cynic limbu <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
I'm trying to make my own program that can help me manage my
files/folders faster than Windows command prompt but I have ran across a
problem.The problem is if a user tries to open a folder while the program is in
"open text file" mode, it will close itself.What error are you seeing? Is it this one?
$ ruby -e 'File.open("."){|io|io.each_line {|l| puts l}}'
-e:1:in `each_line': Is a directory - . (Errno::EISDIR)
from -e:1:in `block in <main>'
from -e:1:in `open'
from -e:1:in `<main>'You usually cannot open folders like files. That's why there is Dir.open():
Class: Dir (Ruby 1.9.3)Btw. using string interpolation for strings is superfluous and inefficient.
My question to you is, why is this File.readable not working against
folders? Is my code bad? Help me.It is:
$ ruby -e 'p File.readable?(".")'
trueFile.readable checks permissions but File.open checks the type of
filesystem object. That's not the same.Cheers
robert
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http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
Generally Pathname comes handy in such situations because it supports
all the file operations and tests with a nicer syntax.
http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/index.html
Kind regards
robert
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Abinoam Jr. <abinoam@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Cynic Limbu,
You can test if the "filename" is a file with File::file?
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http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
I'd like to thank all of you for answering my question, it looks like
I'm still far away from being able to create my own programs because I'm
still a newbie in ruby.
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Because a directory does not consist of lines or arbitrary content. A
directory consists of data of a fixed structure. See also
As I mentioned earlier, there is Dir.open
irb(main):004:0> system *%w{touch /tmp/foo}
=> true
irb(main):005:0> Dir['/tmp/*']
=> ["/tmp/foo"]
irb(main):006:0> Dir.open('/tmp') {|d| d.each {|e| p e}}
"."
".."
"foo"
=> #<Dir:/tmp>
Regards
robert
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Kk Kk <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
why we can't open a dir , and return a file list .
a=File.open(".")
a.each_line{|f| p open(f) }
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