Finds all files modified more recently than a certain number of seconds ago. : Find « File Directory « Ruby






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Finds all files modified more recently than a certain number of seconds ago.


require 'find'
module Find
  def match(*paths)
    matched = []
    find(*paths) { |path| matched << path if yield path }
    return matched
  end
  module_function :match
end


def modified_recently(seconds, *paths)
  time = Time.now - seconds
  Find.match(*paths) { |p| File.lstat(p).mtime > time }
end








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