From: han.holl@... (Han Holl)
Date: 2003-04-14T19:57:50+09:00
Subject: Re: File::expand_path amok

"Ariff Abdullah" <skywizard@time.net.my> wrote in message news:<23a4e28989.2898923a4e@time.net.my>...
> $ pwd
> /
> 
> $ ruby -e 'p File.expand_path(*ARGV)' a/.. b
> \000\000 ....
> ...
> .. so on so on.. \000
> ..
> \000\000
> 
> $ ruby -e 'p File.expand_path(*ARGV).size' a/.. b
> 3680
> 
> $ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.0 (2003-04-11) [i386-freebsd4]

Strange. This runs fine on my system, both on 1.6.8 and 1.8.0p2.
That said, I've looked at the code for File.expand_path, and wondered
why it didn't make use of the C-library function 'realpath', when
available.

Cheers,

Han Holl