From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-08-22T20:29:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20104] Re: File.stat not working?

>>>>> "R" == Roger Lipscombe <rlipscombe@riohome.com> writes:

R>   #!/usr/bin/env ruby
R>   puts File.stat(".").directory?

R> Doesn't work.  I get a Struct::Stat returned from File.stat, rather than the
R> documented File::Stat, and the call to directory? results in a NameError.

 What is your version of ruby ?

pigeon% ruby -ve 'puts File.stat(".").directory?; puts File.stat(".")'
ruby 1.6.4 (2001-06-04) [i686-linux]
true
#<File::Stat:0x401a6a40>
pigeon% 

pigeon% ruby -ve 'puts File.stat(".").directory?; puts File.stat(".")'
ruby 1.7.1 (2001-08-20) [i686-linux]
true
#<File::Stat:0x401a5de8>
pigeon%


Guy Decoux