On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 05:35 +0900, Bobby Sutter wrote: > Hi, > > I am a beginner with very basic knowledge of ruby, but I would like to > create a script that would do the following: > > 1) Prompt to input disc > 2) Create a new sequential folder within a specified directory > 3) Copy all files from disc into said folder > 4) Eject disc > 5) Prompt to input another disc > > Essentially, I must copy the data off of ~1000 CDs and put the data into > a separate folder for each disc. I would be doing this in a linux > environment (ubuntu or debian). > > Does anyone have any tips on where to start? Can this even be done with > ruby? Thanks! google most likely yes, it can be done You might want to just write a bash script for it though