From: Nikolai Weibull Date: 2011-04-07T23:23:37+09:00 Subject: Re: Windows directories not recognized by ruby? On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 16:03, Kalman H. wrote: > irb(main):002:0> File.directory? "c:\test_ruby" You may want to escape your reverse solidus (backslash), or, better yet, use a solidus (slash, virgule) instead.