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class method
Dir.children
Dir.children(dirpath) → array
Dir.children(dirpath, encoding: 'UTF-8') → 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 of the entry names in the directory at dirpath except for '.' and '..'; sets the given encoding onto each returned entry name:
Example
Dir.children('/example') # => ["config.h", "lib", "main.rb"] Dir.children('/example').first.encoding # => #<Encoding:UTF-8> Dir.children('/example', encoding: 'US-ASCII').first.encoding # => #<Encoding:US-ASCII>
See String Encoding.
Raises an exception if the directory does not exist.