From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-11-24T17:32:11+09:00
Subject: Re: "wrong argument type nil (expected String)" from Dir.chdir


"Tim Kynerd" <vxbrw58s02@sneakemail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:pan.2003.11.24.07.03.02.137518@kynerd.no-ip.com...
> Sorry to be following up to myself, but here's a bit more info (that
just
> came to me in the shower ;-) ).
>
> The following program:
>
> newdir = "/"
> Dir.chdir(newdir)
>
> throws the same error in the debugger, but on the *first* line with the
> string assignment. This gives me the strong feeling that something very
> non-obvious is going on.

Sounds strange indeed.

> Also, a trip to /usr/src tells me I'm running kernel 2.4.20.

Is that the same as "uname -a" reports?

    robert