children

        # Dir.children

(from ruby core)
---
    Dir.children( dirname )                -> array
    Dir.children( dirname, encoding: enc ) -> array

---

Returns an array containing all of the filenames except for "." and ".."
in the given directory. Will raise a SystemCallError if the named
directory doesn't exist.

The optional *encoding* keyword argument specifies the encoding of the
directory. If not specified, the filesystem encoding is used.

    Dir.children("testdir")   #=> ["config.h", "main.rb"]


(from ruby core)
---
    dir.children  -> array

---

Returns an array containing all of the filenames except for "." and ".."
in this directory.

    d = Dir.new("testdir")
    d.children   #=> ["config.h", "main.rb"]