convert (flatten) an itunes-style tree

#!/usr/bin/env rubymodule Ascent	def Ascent.init		safe_mkdir( $*[0] )		@link_target = Dir.new($*[0])		@count = 0		@slash = "/"		@space = " - "	end		def Ascent.safe_mkdir( dirname )		begin			Dir.mkdir( dirname )		rescue Errno::EEXIST			#puts( dirname + " exists; not creating" )		end	end		def Ascent.handle_target( target )		if target[-1] != "/"			target = target + "/"		end		target = Dir.new( target )		target.each { |artist| handle_artist( target, artist ) }		puts("#{count}")	end		def Ascent.handle_artist( target, artist )		if artist == "."			#puts("Doing nothing for '.'")			return 0		elsif artist == ".."			#puts("Doing nothing for '..'")			return 0		else			artist = Dir.new( target.path + artist ) # There wil always be a slash at the end of the target.path			artist.each { |album| handle_album( artist, album ) }		end	end		def Ascent.handle_album( artist, album )		if album == "."			#puts("Doing nothing for '.'")			return		elsif album == ".."			#puts("Doing nothing for '..'")			return		else			begin			album = Dir.new( artist.path + @slash + album )			album.each { |file| handle_file( album, file, artist.path, album.path ) }			rescue SystemCallError			puts("Doing nothing for #{artist.path + @slash + album}")			end					end	end		def Ascent.handle_file( initial_path, filename, artist, album )		#puts("#{@count}")		if filename == "."			#puts("Doing nothing for '.'")			return		elsif filename == ".."			#puts("Doing nothing for '..'")			return		else			#puts( "#{initial_path.path} , #{filename} , #{artist} , #{album}" )			file_path = album + @slash + filename			album = album.split(@slash)			target = @link_target.path + @slash + album[1] + @space + album[2] + @space + filename						begin			File.link( file_path, target )			rescue SystemCallError			#puts("Doing nothing for #{target}; file may exist")			end		end		@count = @count + 1	end			endif $*.length < 2  puts("Usage: descent-unlinker <target directory for new links> <directory 1> <directory 2> ... <directory n>")  exitendAscent.init()$*[1..-1].each{|argument| Ascent.handle_target( argument )}