JannaB wrote:
> I want to get the names of all files in a given directory. When I
> employ the Dir[] method, it returns the name of the files with the
> pathname I invoked it with:
> 
>       allfiles = Dir["public/images/icons/**"]
> 
> So to remedy this, I try to sub out the directory prefixing the
> string, as:
> 
>       for fil in allfiles do
>              render :text => fil.sub( "public/images/icons/",
> "" )
>       end
> 
> Yet even this doesn't remove the directory name. Clearly I am doing
> something stooopid, but just don't see it. Can someone please have a
> look and see what I am missing here? Thanks you, Janna

require 'pathname'
allfiles = Pathname.new('/opt')
allfiles.children.map{|a| a.basename.to_s}

or

Dir.chdir("/opt") do
allfiles = Dir["**"]
end
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