[#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: nobu@...
Date: 2006-12-05 00:08:55 UTC
List: ruby-core #9667
Hi,

At Mon, 4 Dec 2006 12:06:02 +0900,
Kornelius Kalnbach wrote in [ruby-core:09661]:
> 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.

Also Socket.exist?, Pipe.exist?, Symlink.exist? and so on?

-- 
Nobu Nakada

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