From: Thomas Thomassen Date: 2009-07-09T01:30:37+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8 - character encoding I checked the $KCODE variable and it returns "UTF8". Now, what does that do to Ruby? Why does File.exist?('c:\Test 脱淡奪') fail if it's UTF-8 encoded? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.