Windows Ruby Functions

recursive_file_search

def win_friendly_path(path)
  if path
    new_path = path.gsub('/', '\\')
    new_path = "c:#{new_path}" if new_path =~ /^\\/
  end
  new_path
end

def recursive_file_search(location, target)
  Dir.entries(location).each do |entry|
    begin
      if File.directory?(File.join(location,entry))
        next if entry == "\." || entry == "\.\."
        sub = File.join(location, entry)
        recursive_file_search(sub, target)
      end
      if entry =~ /target/
        puts File.join(location, target) 
      end
    rescue
      # printf("Cannot open: %s\n", location)
    end
  end
end

recursive_file_search(win_friendly_path('c:\\'), "cmd.exe")