From: Jan Friedrich <janfri.rubyforge@...>
Date: 2008-02-20T21:45:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there any object-oriented File class in ruby ?

7stud -- wrote:

> Christopher Dicely wrote:
>> The documentation is incorrect.
>> 
>> irb(main):049:0> VERSION
>> => "1.8.6"
>> irb(main):050:0> File.basename("C:\\home\\gumby\\work\\ruby.rb") =>
>> "ruby.rb"
>> 
>> 
> 
> irb(main):001:0> VERSION
> => "1.8.6"
> irb(main):002:0> File.basename("C:\\home\\gumby\\work\\ruby.rb") =>
> "C:\\home\\gumby\\work\\ruby.rb"
> irb(main):003:0>

No it is correct: On a Non-Windows system you can have a file with the 
name "C:\\home\\gumby\\work\\ruby.rb" in the actual directory. :P

Regards
Jan