From: Luis Lavena <lists@...>
Date: 2012-06-17T08:49:56+09:00
Subject: Re: simple IO question; full path not working

Kaye Ng wrote in post #1064561:
> Hi guys. I'm running windows seven.
>
> text2.txt is located in O:\Ruby
>
> The program io.rb is located in O:\Ruby\Practice
>
> io.rb contains the following code:
>
> f = File.new("O:\Ruby\text2.txt", "r")
>
> [...]
>
> I fail to see anything wrong with the code.  Can anyone help please?
>
>

When using double quotes with strings, use double backslashes, which 
follows the way C strings work (characters after a single backslash are 
escaped)

It is best to use normal slashes (forward slashes):

f = File.new("O:/Ruby/text2.txt", "r")

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