From: coma_killen@...
Date: 2002-09-03T20:10:35+09:00
Subject: Problem with Ruby and strange file name in windows

Ok, I admit this must be a rare situation but is this behavior ok:

E:\test\dots_in_log>dir
 Directory of E:\test\dots_in_log

2002-09-03  13:02    <DIR>          .
2002-09-03  13:02    <DIR>          ..
2002-09-03  12:51             1 897 ...A.log
2002-09-03  13:02                 0 t.log

E:\test\dots_in_log>irb
irb(main):001:0> system "move ...A.log t2.log"
false
irb(main):002:0> exit

E:\test\dots_in_log>move ...A.log t2.log

E:\test\dots_in_log>dir
 Directory of E:\test\dots_in_log

2002-09-03  13:05    <DIR>          .
2002-09-03  13:05    <DIR>          ..
2002-09-03  13:02                 0 t.log
2002-09-03  12:51             1 897 t2.log

E:\test\dots_in_log>

Why doesn't system() handle that? And it doesn't work with File.rename
either.

Any hints?

Ruby is 1.6.7 and this is on Win XP Pro.

Thanks,

/Karsten Magnuer

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