Directory Utility for Ruby

Checks to see if a file or folder exists
The fFile variable determines whether you're
looking for a File (True) or Folder(False)
The strName variable holds the fully qualified
path you're looking For

this function returns the aggregated size
of all files in a directory and its subdirectories

Retrieve information about a file

Check the attributes of a file or folde

Make a new directory

Copy a file to a new location, optionally marking the file as a temporary file (to be deleted on application exit).

Note there are issues for temporary files - not all the parent directories that might be created are guaranteed to be deleted - only the immediate parent directory will be deleted on exit if created. Other higher-level directories will not be deleted, even if the file is marked as temporary.

in the normal GZIPOutputStream you can not et the compression level. I came across this little script tonight that allows you to set the compression level for GZIPOutputStream.

Move a file quickly in java.

Deletes all files of a certain extention from a folder.