From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-08-11T04:44:10+09:00
Subject: Re: File::Spec equivalent?

On Aug 10, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Mark J.Reed wrote:

> Dumb question: does Ruby have an equivalent to the Perl File::Spec  
> module
> (maybe as a built-in part of the File class like Java, instead of in
> a separate module) for building and manipulating pathnames portably?

I can't remember File::Spec right off the top of my head, but does  
the standard pathname module meet your needs?

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/classes/ 
Pathname.html

http://redhanded.hobix.com/bits/howPowerfulPathnameIs.html

James Edward Gray II