creating directory and zipping it

[Raju Aralikatti]

hi,
can anyone help me.

I want to create a folder, create another file of .url type and save the
url file in the folder and zip the folder. I am sending the code which
I have written and I am getting following error. "No such file or
directory - InstitutionShortcut"

dir_name = Dir.new("InstitutionShortcut")
file_path =
"#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/test/#{dir_name}/Isabel-#{@institutions.institution_name}.url"
f = File.new(file_path, "w")
content = ""
content += "[InternetShortcut]\n"
content += "URL=http://192.168.1.233:5555/index.jsp?"
content += "passcode="(e-mail address removed)+"\n"
content += "IconFile=http://192.168.1.233:5555/favicon.ico\n"
content += "IconIndex=1\n"
content += "Modified=30B027EB835EC40198"
f.write( content )
f.close
dir_name.zip

can anyone help me

Thanks in advance

 

[Matt Todd]

http://rake.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/lib/rake/packagetask.rb

Has some code for packing things up.

Matt

 

[Raju Aralikatti]

http://rake.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/lib/rake/packagetask.rb

Has some code for packing things up.

Matt

hi Matt,
I m new to ruby, can you tell me how to

1. create directory using ruby.
2. Then create a file.
3. Put the newly created file in the new directory.
4. zip the directory.

 

[Andrew Timberlake]

Raju

1. Create a directory
d =3D Dir.mkdir('test')
#creates a directory named 'test'
2. Create a file
File.open('test/test.txt', 'w') { |f| puts 'Hello World' }
#creates a new file named test.txt inside the directory 'test' and =
writes 'Hello World' into the file
3. This is done in the above code by creating the new file inside the =
directory itself
4. Zip the directory
%x{zip -r test.zip test}
#This executes the zip command of the underlying operating system =
(I'm using Linux) and creates a zip file named test.zip containing the =
directory 'test' (the -r flag makes the zipping recursive)
#If you can't use that (on Windows), try rubyzip.sourceforge.net/ - =
I have not used it but I found it via Google search

Hope that helps

Regards

Andrew Timberlake
(e-mail address removed)
082 415 8283
skype: andrewtimberlake

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
--Mark Twain


-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: creating directory and zipping it

http://rake.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/lib/rake/packagetask.rb
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Has some code for packing things up.
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Matt

hi Matt,
I m new to ruby, can you tell me how to

1. create directory using ruby.
2. Then create a file.
3. Put the newly created file in the new directory.
4. zip the directory.
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[Raju Aralikatti]

thanks Andrew,
The code which you sent is working fine, I am also using a Linux
machine, But the it is not ziping the folder. Is there anything else I
can use.

 

[Raju Aralikatti]

and also Andrew I want to overwrite the directory if the newly created
directory has the same name of the existing directory.

 

[Andrew Timberlake]

Raju

If you run the zip code in irb, what output do you get?
I get the following:
Irb(main):001:0> %x{zip -r test.zip test}
=3D> " adding: test/ (stored 0%)\n adding: test/test.txt (stored 0%)\n"

Andrew Timberlake
(e-mail address removed)
082 415 8283
skype: andrewtimberlake

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
--Mark Twain


-----Original Message-----
From: (e-mail address removed) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf =
Of Raju Aralikatti
Sent: 08 January 2008 11:47 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: creating directory and zipping it

thanks Andrew,
The code which you sent is working fine, I am also using a Linux=20
machine, But the it is not ziping the folder. Is there anything else I=20
can use.
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[Andrew Timberlake]

Raju

By overwrite the directory, I assume you want to delete the contents of =
the directory if it exists, you can do that as follows:
if File.exists?('test') && File.directory?('test')
Dir['test/**/*'].reverse.each { |path| if File.file?(path) then =
File.delete(path) else Dir.rmdir(path) end }
else
Dir.mkdir('test')
end

Andrew Timberlake
(e-mail address removed)
082 415 8283
skype: andrewtimberlake

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
--Mark Twain


-----Original Message-----
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Of Raju Aralikatti
Sent: 08 January 2008 11:51 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: creating directory and zipping it

and also Andrew I want to overwrite the directory if the newly created=20
directory has the same name of the existing directory.
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