From: tigerd <minkonto@...>
Date: 2006-07-21T18:00:11+09:00
Subject: problems with escaped characters in file::stat

Hey.
I hva got a really mindchrusher problem. I've made a program that
somewhere goes through a list of files, picked with a tar command, and
then collects the size and time of every single file/dirs. It goes
something like this:

system("tar --totals -cvf /dev/null -C #{@basedir} #{directory} >
#{@tempfile} 2> /dev/null")
    templist = File.new(tempfile)
    while file = templist.gets
      next if file == nil
        file = file.chop
        if file =~ /.*?\/$/
          stat_d = File::Stat.new(File.join(TEMPDIR, file)) if
(@mode['static'] == nil)
          stat_d = File::Stat.new("#{@basedir}/#{file}") if
(@mode['static'] != nil)
        end
   end

The problem now is that if a file has a special character, tar puts the
filename like this

1. /../path/bioligep\345.psd
this file ruby cannot find, since the name in the unix-world is(its on
a linux platfom)
2. /../path/bioligep?.psd

My question is: Is there anyway I can translate the line no. 1 into
line no 2? Ive looked at the File.fnmatch but havent really gotten
anywere

Greeting, Allan