Check if a filename is a folder or a file

Question

I have a little piece of Ruby code:

files.each do |file|   FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(target))       FileUtils.cp_r(file, target, :verbose => true) end 

I would like to add a check like

if file is a folder   # do this if file is a file   # do that 

How do I implement in Ruby?

Answer 1

You can use File.directory?("name") and/or File.file?("name").

Answer 2

Also a good idea to check out Pathname#directory? and Pathname#file?