From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-12-04T19:49:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27433] Re: FileTest.exist? behaviour

>>>>> "S" == Steve Hill <stephen.hill@motorola.com> writes:

S> irb(main):001:0> Dir["m*"]
S> ["meta_param.txt", "ms_position.txt", "meta2.txt"]
S> irb(main):002:0> FileTest.exist?("meta2.txt")
S> false

 Well, you must give more information

pigeon% irb
irb(main):001:0> Dir["y*"]
["y"]
irb(main):002:0> FileTest.exist?("y")
false
irb(main):003:0> 
pigeon%
 
pigeon% ls -l y dont_exist
ls: dont_exist: No such file or directory
lrwxrwxrwx    1 ts       ts             10 Dec  4 11:42 y -> dont_exist
pigeon% 


Guy Decoux