From: Derek Smith <derekbellnersmith@...>
Date: 2009-08-14T08:46:49+09:00
Subject: Re: move a file

7stud -- wrote:
> 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?


This was what did it!
Thank you Sir!


file="dev.log"
FileUtils.cp("#{file}", "#{file}.copied")
ZIPDIR = "/usr/local/"
FileUtils.mv("#{file}.copied","#{ZIPDIR}#{file}.ts
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