From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2010-01-12T04:50:03+09:00
Subject: Re: File::exists?( "filename with a blank in it" )

Matthew K. Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
> 
>> Newbie here/
>>
>> Consider
>>
>> IMAGEMAGICK_EXE_PATH = '"f:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.5.8-Q16\convert.exe"'
>>
> 
> The issue isn't so much that you have a blank in it as that you've added
> an extra set of quotes -- in the example above, your filename has double
> quotes at the beginning and end.  Drop the double quotes and it should
> work fine, assuming the path is correct.
> 
> Matt

Isn't a Windows pathname with surrounding double quotes a valid 
pathname?!?!?

What's the best Ruby-esque way to stip out surrounding double quotes if 
they exist?

And ,yes, your example and Rob Biedenharn's example both work.

Thank you to both.
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