From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2008-02-09T11:33:03+09:00
Subject: Re: trouble with FileUtils.rm() -- Invalid arguement error

On Feb 9, 2008 10:08 AM, an an <dtown22@gmail.com> wrote:
> still no luck...here is exactly what I have typed into irb:
> irb(main):011:1' Dir.glob("c:\\*")
> irb(main):012:1' print Dir.glob("C:\\*")
> none of these commands returned anything....any idea why?

i think nobu advised us on using (forward)slash instead of backslash
since the latter was a special/metacharacter, so,

irb(main):008:0> Dir.glob('c:/*')
=> ["c:/#!mail!#2060tDO#", "c:/2.pst", "c:/abap", "c:/abap.pst", "c:/adaptec", "
c:/admin", "c:/adsm.pst", "c:/ae", "c:/aeditor-2.0.log", "c:/and", "c:/AntigenIn
stall.log", "c:/archive.pst", "c:/archive2.pst", "c:/asoutput.log", "c:/Autostar
", "c:/avgun.log", "c:/backup", "c:/backup2.pst", "c:/bind.pst", "c:/bind2.pst",
<--snipped-->

btw, before running the above in irb, pls press ctrl-c+enter or
restart your irb first. your irb prompt is hinting a continuation on a
quote ;-)

kind regards -botp