From d2eab487cfbcc3b8130a23466e2439320db95cd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "William T. Nelson" <35801+wtn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:42:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unused DIRECTORY_TERM constant

---
 lib/fileutils.rb | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index 0a48c03..a9c4a76 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -2467,12 +2467,6 @@ def join(dir, base)
       end
     end
 
-    if File::ALT_SEPARATOR
-      DIRECTORY_TERM = "(?=[/#{Regexp.quote(File::ALT_SEPARATOR)}]|\\z)"
-    else
-      DIRECTORY_TERM = "(?=/|\\z)"
-    end
-
     def descendant_directory?(descendant, ascendant)
       if File::FNM_SYSCASE.nonzero?
         File.expand_path(File.dirname(descendant)).casecmp(File.expand_path(ascendant)) == 0