class method

Gem.find_files

(::String glob, ?::boolish check_load_path) -> ::Array[::String]

find_files(glob, check_load_path = true)

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/lib/rubygems.rb, line 524
def self.find_files(glob, check_load_path = true)
  files = []

  files = find_files_from_load_path glob if check_load_path

  gem_specifications = @gemdeps ? Gem.loaded_specs.values : Gem::Specification.stubs

  files.concat gem_specifications.flat_map {|spec|
    spec.matches_for_glob("#{glob}#{Gem.suffix_pattern}")
  }

  # $LOAD_PATH might contain duplicate entries or reference
  # the spec dirs directly, so we prune.
  files.uniq! if check_load_path

  files
end

Returns a list of paths matching glob that can be used by a gem to pick up features from other gems. For example:

Example

Gem.find_files('rdoc/discover').each do |path| load path end

if check_load_path is true (the default), then find_files also searches $LOAD_PATH for files as well as gems.

Note that find_files will return all files even if they are from different versions of the same gem. See also find_latest_files

See also .find_default_spec .find_home .find_config_file .find_latest_files also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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