From: Brian Candler Date: 2010-04-28T23:30:05+09:00 Subject: Re: navigate through folders GianFranco Bozzetti wrote: > Dir::chdir("..\..") # returns to path I'm afraid this won't: irb(main):020:0> "..\.." => "...." You need "../.." (preferred, even under Windows), or "..\\..", or '..\..' irb(main):021:0> "..\\.." => "..\\.." irb(main):022:0> "..\\..".size => 5 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.