You could try:

  directory                = Dir.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/folder")
  @files_and_folders = directory.to_a.select {|i| /(^\..?$)|(.svn
$)/.match(i) }

On Feb 1, 12:42 pm, rph <rails-mailing-l...@[...].net>  wrote:
>  I have to read in a list of folders and display them to the user.
>  However, there are certain folders that I don't want to show up, and I'm
>  trying to restrict this using regular expressions, which I'm not so good
>  at.
> 
>  There are things like "." and ".." and "_svn" that show up, that I'm
>  trying to restrict.
> 
>  Here's my method (which isn't working):
> 
>  def view_directory
>    @files_and_folders = []
>    reg_exp = Regexp.new(/^$/) # what regexp goes in here?
>    Dir.foreach("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/folder") do |f|
>      @files_and_folders << f if f != reg_exp
>    end
>  end
> 
>  This may not even be the best way to handle this, as I've never dealt
>  with files/directories before.  Any thoughts on the regular expression,
>  or a better way?  Thanks.
> 
>  --
>  Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.


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