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class method
Dir.children
Dir.children( dirname ) → array
Dir.children( dirname, encoding: enc ) → array
dir.c
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static VALUE
dir_s_children(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
{
VALUE dir;
dir = dir_open_dir(argc, argv);
return rb_ensure(dir_collect_children, dir, dir_close, dir);
}
Returns an array containing all of the filenames except for “.” and “..” in the given directory. Will raise a SystemCallError if the named directory doesn’t exist.
The optional encoding keyword argument specifies the encoding of the directory. If not specified, the filesystem encoding is used.
Example
Dir.children("testdir") #=> ["config.h", "main.rb"]