From: 7stud -- Date: 2009-02-15T03:43:14+09:00 Subject: Re: simple ruby project layout question Tom Cloyd wrote: > > ".\script-name". When I finally caught the problem and flipped the > backslash, I felt pretty foolish. Not the first time, though! > Back slashes are dangerous in strings because of all the escape sequences that can be used in strings. \s = space, so your command was interpreted as: ". cript-name". I'm guessing your system looked for a program named "." somewhere in your path, with the "cript-name" part being an arg for the "." program. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.