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ftools.rb: Extra tools for the File class

Author:WATANABE, Hirofumi
Documentation:Zachary Landau

This library can be distributed under the terms of the Ruby license. You can freely distribute/modify this library.

It is included in the Ruby standard library.

Description

ftools adds several (class, not instance) methods to the File class, for copying, moving, deleting, installing, and comparing files, as well as creating a directory path. See the File class for details.

FileUtils contains all or nearly all the same functionality and more, and is a recommended option over ftools

When you 

  require 'ftools'

then the File class aquires some utility methods for copying, moving, and deleting files, and more.

See the method descriptions below, and consider using FileUtils as it is more comprehensive.

Constants

ALT_SEPARATOR = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2("\\\\"))

ALT_SEPARATOR = Qnil

BUFSIZE = 8 * 1024

PATH_SEPARATOR = rb_obj_freeze(rb_str_new2(PATH_SEP))

SEPARATOR = separator

Separator = separator

Files

  • file.c
  • lib/ftools.rb
  • lib/pp.rb

Nested classes and modules

1Note

File class documentation

szeryf ยท Mar 3, 20099 thanks

Most of the File class documentation is located in IO class docs. What you see here is what 'ftools' gives you.