From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-10-19T16:05:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Uri to absolute/relative path

App Ra wrote:

> Hello, I'm new to ruby but so far my experience with Ruby has been
> great. I'm unable to open an uri based on the file path.
> 
> This works
> require 'open-uri'
> open("http://www.ruby-lang.org/") {|f|
>     f.each_line {|line| p line}
>   }
> 
> 
> but this doesn't
> 
> require 'open-uri'
> open("file:c://test/test.txt") {|f|
>     f.each_line {|line| p line}
>   }
> 
> Can Ruby uri class open up a file schema?

Make a test without a drive letter. IOW try a simpler case first. Then, if
this succeeds, try this syntax:

"file:///C:/test/test.txt"

URI paths involving drive letters must be handled very carefully. And IMHO,
drive letters should be banished from the world of computing as soon as
possible.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com