From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2007-08-23T20:29:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Renaming Files

Alle gioved� 23 agosto 2007, Gabriel Dragffy ha scritto:

> irb(main):043:1> File.move( f, f.gsub!( /\s/, '_' ) )

You need gsub, not gsub!. gsub! modifies the string it's called on (f), so 
File.move the modified string also as first argument. And, since a file with 
the modifed name doesn't exist, it raises an exception. Besides, gsub! will 
return nil if no replacement happens (i.e, if f doesn't contain spaces). This 
would also result in an exception. gsub, instead, creates a new string and 
modifies it, so File.move receives two different strings.

I hope this helps

Stefano