From: paul h <paul@...>
Date: 2011-04-07T23:30:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows directories not recognized by ruby?

On Apr 7, 3:03 pm, "Kalman H." <kalm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What's wrong with this code?
>
> C:\>mkdir test_ruby
>
> C:\>irb
> irb(main):001:0> File.directory? "c:"
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> File.directory? "c:\test_ruby"
> => false
> irb(main):003:0>
>
> Thanks for any ideas in advance,
>
> -Kalman
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

It's the way Ruby handles your strings. You are using double quotes,
so you need to escape the backslash. If you use single quotes, you can
use the single backslash. Look at the following:

 irb(main):001:0> File.directory? "C:"
 => true
 irb(main):002:0> File.directory? "C:\Users"
 => false
 irb(main):003:0> File.directory? "C:\\Users"
 => true
 irb(main):004:0> File.directory? 'C:\Users'
 => true

HTH

Paul