From: Kurt Euler <keuler@...>
Date: 2002-08-15T03:01:41+09:00
Subject: RE: How to use the safe_unlink method?

Guy-

Thanks, but a follow-up question:

How exactly would I rewrite my file (which happens to be named "dl.rb") which currently includes just this text:

   require 'ftools'
   File.safe_unlink(".\output\*.*")

Do you think this code should be correct as written? (I don't understand your "ruby -rftools -e" text.)

NOTE: In case it makes a difference, I'm using ruby on an NT machine.

Thanks!

-Kurt

-----Original Message-----
From: ts [mailto:decoux@moulon.inra.fr]
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:59 AM
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Cc: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: How to use the safe_unlink method?


>>>>> "K" == Kurt Euler <kdeuler@pacbell.net> 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