From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2007-07-23T10:55:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with File.exists? giving an incorrect result

Hi,

At Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:21:19 +0900,
Chris Dwan wrote in [ruby-talk:261241]:
> <sigh> this is on Windows, so maybe the OS is to blame?
> Here's the code, if it helps..
> 
>              $debug_log.fatal("does file exist? :: #{ibl}")
>              if File.exist?(ibl)
>                $debug_log.fatal("YES - it most certainlyt does!")
>                iblLocation = ibl
>              else
>                  #find the file and set iblLocation
>              end
>              File.read(iblLocation) # << bombs here

What are the actual exception you get, and the version?  And
$debug_log shows "YES - ..."?

-- 
Nobu Nakada