Module: MyUtilities::MyDir::MyDirMethods

Defined in:
lib/my_utilities.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#parent_dir_match(rx, dir = ".") ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/my_utilities.rb', line 94

def parent_dir_match(rx, dir=".")

  # nil if this isn't a directory we're starting from
  return nil if !Dir.exists? dir
  
  find_files = Dir.entries(dir).select { |x| rx.match x and File.file? File.join(dir, x) }
  return dir unless find_files.empty?
  
  # Don't recurse if the dir's parent is the dir
  return parent_dir_match(rx, File.join(dir, "..")) if(File.expand_path(dir) != '/')
  nil
end