From: Dox Xer <doxxer@...>
Date: 2010-09-11T23:42:08+09:00
Subject: Simply open a file using a variable

Hi,

i卒m totally new to ruby and have a tiny little problem.

I卒d like to open a file located in a specific directory on a specific
drive with spaces in the path (Vista).

Example:
"f:\abc def\new\this is my file.txt"

This seems to work fine:
File.open("f:\\abc def\\new\\this is my file.txt")

But in case i want to use a variable to do this like:
path = "f:\\abc def\\new\\this is my file.txt"
File.open(path)

I always get this error:
G:/ruby/scripts/test.rb:35:in `initialize': Invalid argument - "f:\abc
def\new\this is my file.txt" (Errno::EINVAL)
        from G:/mp3val-0.1.8_with_frontend-0.1.1-bin-win32/test.rb:35:in
`open'
        from G:/mp3val-0.1.8_with_frontend-0.1.1-bin-win32/test.rb:35:in
`<main>'


What do i do wrong or what do i need to add to make this working?

Thanks
Dox
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