[#9722] Kernel#system broken inside Dir.chdir(&block) if system command doesn't have shell characters — <noreply@...>

Bugs item #7278, was opened at 2006-12-14 13:59

8 messages 2006/12/14

[#9749] System V IPC in standard library? — Steven Jenkins <steven.jenkins@...>

Back in August, I needed a semaphore to serialize access to an external

14 messages 2006/12/19

[#9753] CVS freeze — SASADA Koichi <ko1@...>

Hi,

20 messages 2006/12/20
[#9755] Re: [ruby-dev:30039] CVS freeze — SASADA Koichi <ko1@...> 2006/12/20

Hi,

[#9757] Re: [ruby-dev:30040] Re: CVS freeze — SASADA Koichi <ko1@...> 2006/12/20

Hi,

Re: Dir.exist?

From: Nate Wiger <nwiger@...>
Date: 2006-12-04 18:17:06 UTC
List: ruby-core #9663
Kornelius Kalnbach wrote:
> hi!
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice to have
> 
>   Dir.exist?('somedir')
> 
> as an alias for File.directory? It seems quite understandable that a 
> nuby in our
> German forum just asked why it wasn't working.
> [murphy]

I like it personally - why not consider filing a feature ticket with 
patch? (I remember seeing many posts here about using the "alias" macro 
in Ruby .c source which appears simple to do)

-Nate

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