From: Erik Veenstra <erikveen@...>
Date: 2008-06-02T21:04:36+09:00
Subject: Ruby 1.8.7, Cygwin and File.expand_path()

File.expand_path() in Ruby 1.8.7 doesn't work like
File.expand_path() in Ruby 1.8.6-p114 on Cygwin on Windows XP
Pro SP 2 (build 2600).

Bug or feature?...

gegroet,
Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/

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 # Ruby 1.8.6-p114

 $ ruby -v
 ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [i386-cygwin]

 $ ruby -e 'p File.expand_path("a")'
 "/cygdrive/l/a"

 $ ruby -e 'p File.expand_path("a", "b")'
 "/cygdrive/l/b/a"

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 # Ruby 1.8.7

 $ ruby -v
 ruby 1.8.7 (2008-05-31 patchlevel 0) [i386-cygwin]

 $ ruby -e 'p File.expand_path("a")'
 ""             # <--- Wrong

 $ ruby -e 'p File.expand_path("a", "b")'
 Uses 100% CPU  # <--- Very Wrong

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