pathname.rb in shell_helpers-0.7.0

- old
+ new

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'pathname'
+require 'forwardable'
 
 #backports from ruby 2.1
 class Pathname
 	unless method_defined?(:write)
 		def write(*args,&b)
@@ -95,10 +96,18 @@
 			#exist? returns false if called on a symlink pointing to a non existing file
 			def may_exist?
 				exist? or symlink?
 			end
 
+			#like read, but output nil rather than an exception if the file does
+			#not exist
+			def read!
+					read
+			rescue
+				nil
+			end
+
 			def filewrite(*args,mode:"w",perm: nil,mkpath: false,backup: false)
 				logger.debug("Write to #{self}"+ (perm ? " (#{perm})" : "")) if respond_to?(:logger)
 				self.dirname.mkpath if mkpath
 				self.backup if backup and exist?
 				if !exist? && symlink?
@@ -267,14 +276,18 @@
 			def find(*args,&b)
 				require 'shell_helpers/utils'
 				Utils.find(self,*args,&b)
 			end
 
-			def glob(pattern, expand: false)
+			# We now have Pathname#glob
+			def rel_glob(pattern, expand: false)
 				g=[]
 				self.cd { g=Dir.glob(pattern) }
-				g=g.map {|f| self+f} if expand
-				g
+				if expand
+					g.map {|f| self+f} 
+				else
+					g.map {|f| Pathname.new(f)}
+				end
 			end
 
 			#follow a symlink
 			def follow
 				return self unless symlink?