From: 7stud -- Date: 2009-08-13T13:27:59+09:00 Subject: Re: move a file Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > Am Donnerstag, 13. Aug 2009, 10:48:10 +0900 schrieb Derek Smith: >> >> ruby /tmp/test >> /tmp/test:8: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting kDO_BLOCK >> >> FileUtils.mv("#{file}.copied",ZIPDIR"#{file}.tst") > ^^^ > > Try it with something like (untested) > > "#{ZIPDIR}/#{file}.tst" > File.join ZIPDIR, "#{file}.tst" > > Syntax errors are the easiest to solve. > > Bertram So in this line: ZIPDIR"#{file}.tst" you determined that you needed to use string interpolation for the variable file, but because ZIPDIR is capitalized, you didn't think string interpolation was necessary for that variable, and instead you just wrote the variable next to the string? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.