From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-12-30T18:30:42+09:00
Subject: Re: very simple question

On 12/30/05, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@bestmindhealth.com> wrote:
> Bewilderer, tired beginner, here.
>
> Executing this, in Arachno Ruby IDE -
>
> print 'process ' + filenm + ' (1) or all files of type ' + filetyp + ': '
> pf = gets
>
> I get -
> 1. nothing for my print statement - control just passes right past it.
> 2. a "Exception: Bad file descriptor" out for "pf = gets"
>
> I don't understand why either is happening. Can someone clear this up for
> me?

I don't understand what you're trying to do.