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instance method
Pathname#children
children(with_directory=true)
ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
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# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.3.0/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb, line 449
def children(with_directory=true)
with_directory = false if @path == '.'
result = []
Dir.foreach(@path) {|e|
next if e == '.' || e == '..'
if with_directory
result << self.class.new(File.join(@path, e))
else
result << self.class.new(e)
end
}
result
end
Returns the children of the directory (files and subdirectories, not recursive) as an array of Pathname objects.
By default, the returned pathnames will have enough information to access the files. If you set with_directory to false, then the returned pathnames will contain the filename only.
For example:
pn = Pathname("/usr/lib/ruby/1.8")
pn.children
# -> [ Pathname:/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/English.rb,
Pathname:/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/Env.rb,
Pathname:/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/abbrev.rb, ... ]
pn.children(false)
# -> [ Pathname:English.rb, Pathname:Env.rb, Pathname:abbrev.rb, ... ]
Note that the results never contain the entries . and .. in the directory because they are not children.