From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2005-02-06T02:46:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Pretty Print error with File.stat

>>>>> "D" == Daniel Berger <djberg96@hotmail.com> writes:

D> irb(main):001:0> File.stat("test.rb")
D> => #<File::Stat dev=0x2, ino=0, mode=0100644, nlink=1, uid=0, gid=0,
D> rdev=0x2, size=719, blksize=nil, blocks=nil, atime=Fri Feb 04 19:33:07
D> Mountain Standard Time 2005, mtime=Fri Feb 04 19:21:03 Mountain
D> Standard Time 2005, ctime=Fri Feb 0419:33:07 Mountain Standard Time
2005> 

 Can you try

  ruby -retc -e 'p Etc.getpwuid(0)'

D> #<File::StatNoMethodError: undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass

 if it return `nil' this can explain the error

uln% ruby -e 'nil.name'
-e:1: undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
uln% 


Guy Decoux