From: Matthew Margolis <mrmargolis@...>
Date: 2004-08-05T09:46:53+09:00
Subject: open files in other directories

I am trying to figure out how to open up a text file in a subdirectory 
of my programs main directory.  The file I want is in the subdirectory 
labeled text.  I get a "Permission  denied - text/" message when 
attempting to run the code found below.

campershash = Hash.new
Dir.entries("text").each do |textfilename|
   campershash["#{textfilename.chop.chop.chop.chop}"] = 
File.open("text/" + "#{textfilename}") { |f| f.gets(nil) }
end

The Dir.entries call works finer but on the next line when I go to open 
up each text file in the text directory I run into problems.  I am 
running the program on windows XP with administrator privileges so I am 
unclear as to why I am having permission issues.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated,
Matthew Margolis