On Mar 26, 8:44 ¨Âí¬ ÚáôèòáÄòáá¼êïïî®®®Àçíáéì®ãïí÷òïôåº > Hello, > > i want to write all files from my local directory in an array. > > Something like (not working): > > d = Dir.new("/Volumes/System/") > d.each {|x| file_list.push(x) } > > How can i push single filenames through d.each into an array? > > Thanks a lot in advance! > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. If file_list did not exist before the block, it will not exist after the block exits. Declarations inside blocks are scoped to the block I think if you look at the docs for Dir you'll find a method that will give you the list of files withtout the need of the block cheers