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instance method

Dir#children

dir.children → array

static VALUE
dir_collect_children(VALUE dir)
{
    VALUE ary = rb_ary_new();
    dir_each_entry(dir, rb_ary_push, ary, TRUE);
    return ary;
}

Returns an array containing all of the filenames except for “.” and “..” in this directory.

Example

d = Dir.new("testdir")
d.children   #=> ["config.h", "main.rb"]

See also .children .unlink #close .tmpdir also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0