From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-09-08T20:46:39+09:00
Subject: Re: different results with File.exists?

Hi --

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Mehdi Karamnejad wrote:

> when I use a string constant with File.exists? like the following ,it
> works fine:
> File.exists?("/home/sepehr")
> but when I get the string from user:
> path=gets
> if File.exists?(path) then
> ----
> ----
> end
> it doesn't work! what's wrong with the string which is typed by the
> user?

It ends with a newline. Try path.chomp.


David

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