Method: Dir.entries

Defined in:
dir.c

.entries(dirname, encoding: 'UTF-8') ⇒ Array

Returns an array of the entry names in the directory at dirpath; sets the given encoding onto each returned entry name:

Dir.entries('/example') # => ["config.h", "lib", "main.rb", "..", "."]
Dir.entries('/example').first.encoding
# => #<Encoding:UTF-8>
Dir.entries('/example', encoding: 'US-ASCII').first.encoding
# => #<Encoding:US-ASCII>

See String Encoding.

Raises an exception if the directory does not exist.

Returns:

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# File 'dir.c', line 3498

static VALUE
dir_entries(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
{
    VALUE dir;

    dir = dir_open_dir(argc, argv);
    return rb_ensure(dir_collect, dir, dir_close, dir);
}