class File
Public Class Methods
trash(filename)
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Moves the file whose filename is given to the Trash, Recycle Bin or equivalent of the OS being used.
Will return a NotImplementtedError if your OS is not implemented.
# File lib/helpers/trash.rb, line 8 def self.trash(filename) filename = self.expand_path(filename) # Different Operating systems # case Sys::Uname.sysname # when "Darwin" if filename =~ /^\/Volumes\/(.+?)\// # External Volume, send to /Volumes/-volume name-/.Trashes/501/ FileUtils.mv(filename,"/Volumes/#{$1}/.Trashes/501/") else # Main drive, move to ~/.Trash/ FileUtils.mv(filename,self.expand_path("~/.Trash")) end # when /^Microsoft Windows/ # raise NotImplementedError, "" # end end