In Ruby, Dir.glob("**/*.rb")
(for instance) doesn't traverse symlinked directories. Is it possible to get the **
to traverse symlinks?
I'm using two gems which find files this way, but I need them to see files within a symlinked directory.
In Ruby, Dir.glob("**/*.rb")
(for instance) doesn't traverse symlinked directories. Is it possible to get the **
to traverse symlinks?
I'm using two gems which find files this way, but I need them to see files within a symlinked directory.
Normally not with recursive search due to the risk of infinite loops.
But, this discussion may help:
Dir.glob("**/*/**/b")
will follow a symlink up to once.
Jonathan's clever and cunning approach is great, capable of slashing through hordes of symlinks with but a mere flick of a few asterisks, muahaha. However, it has the unfortunate side-effect of not returning immediate-child matches. An improved version might be:
Dir.glob("**{,/*/**}/*.rb")
Which will (in my tests) do both follow one symlink and return immediate children.