From: ts Date: 2002-08-14T16:58:44+09:00 Subject: Re: How to use the safe_unlink method? >>>>> "K" == Kurt Euler writes: K> File.safe_unlink(".\output\*.*") Well, it work fine pigeon% ls -d .* ./ ../ .output*.* pigeon% pigeon% ruby -rftools -e 'File.safe_unlink(".\output\*.*")' pigeon% pigeon% ls -d .* ./ ../ pigeon% safe_unlink don't accept meta-characters like * Guy Decoux