From: Joakim Langvand Date: 2012-08-29T17:51:01+09:00 Subject: Dir.mkdir appending question mark after directory name Hi all I´m starting to laern Ruby, but i´ve encountered this strange problem. This is my code: pname = gets pname.chomp Dir.mkdir(pname) If I enter test for pname, the resulting folder is named "test?". What am I doing wrong here? Thanks -- ruby --version gives this: ruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux] I´m running Ubuntu 12.04 on a MacBook -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.