From: jake kaiden Date: 2012-06-14T20:12:11+09:00 Subject: Re: simple IO question; full path not working hi kaye - i don't have a windows 7 box to test on, but it looks like your backslashes are disappearing when the `require` line is interpreted. you could try using single quotes instead of double, escaping the backslashes, or using the File.join() method... hth, - j -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.