From: verynewbie <a@...>
Date: 2006-06-09T07:29:13+09:00
Subject: directory name issue

here is the code

dirArray = Dir.entries(".")
Dir.mkdir "SMITH, JOHN X755055"
dirArray.each do
        fileentry = dirArray.pop
        if fileentry.match("txt")
                textfile = File.open(fileentry)
                textfile.each_line {|line|
                        newdir = line.upcase.to_s
                        if !File.exist?(newdir)
                                Dir.mkdir "#{newdir}"
                                print "Created directory: " + newdir + 
"\n"
                        else
                                print "Directory " + newdir + " already 
exists..
.\n"
                        end
                }
        end
end

i have a text file in the same directory
it has two lines, they look like this:

SMITH, ADAM X755077
SMITH, ADAM X755078

when I run the above script, the first Dir.mkdir works fine
however when it reads the first line of the text file, the
Dir.mkdir "#{newdir}" doesn't create a directory

i get this error

mkdirs.rb:9:in `mkdir': Invalid argument - "SMITH, ADAM X755077" 
(Errno::EIN
VAL)
        from mkdirs.rb:9
        from mkdirs.rb:6:in `each_line'
        from mkdirs.rb:6
        from mkdirs.rb:2:in `each'
        from mkdirs.rb:2

what am I doing wrong

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