From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2002-12-06T03:26:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Best way to read data?


I wrote:

> > while(line = gets)
> >   p line
> > end
> > 
> > I'm getting:
> > C:\tmp>2.rb < "data.dat"
> > C:\tmp\2.rb:1:in `gets': Bad file descriptor (Errno::EBADF)
> >         from C:\tmp\2.rb:1
> > 
> > Using Win2K.   :-(

> # ruby test2.rb < "test2.rb"

> Sorry, I don't understand why your code isn't working.  Is "data.dat"
> a text file or a binary file?  (Just grasping at straws...)

Ahh!  Oops, yes, if I invoke test2.rb directly, instead of running ruby
explicitly, I get the same error:

# test2.rb < "test2.rb"
P:\code\ruby\bkelly\test2.rb:3:in `gets': Bad file descriptor (Errno::EBADF)
        from P:\code\ruby\bkelly\test2.rb:3


Don't know why...  :(



Bill