From: Niklas Baumstark Date: 2008-08-01T17:44:12+09:00 Subject: Re: How to get special directories? Niklas Baumstark wrote: > irb(main):001:0> File.expand_path('~') > ArgumentError: couldn't find HOME environment -- expanding `~' > from (irb):1:in `expand_path' > from (irb):1 > > under Windows XP Pro. > > Greetings, > Niklas oh sorry! got an old version of ruby: C:\>ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32] Greetings, Niklas -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.