From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2004-01-11T06:50:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.8.0 bugs on Dir

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 03:36:41 +0900, GGarramuno wrote:
>> "The current directory on ruby mswin32" is in C:?  So it just works as
>> like as "dir C:" does.
>>
>> What do you expect?
> The command should indeed work as the msdos dir command, listing the
> contents of the C: drive.  Yet, it does not.
> Passing the String "C:" to it lists not the contents of the C: drive but
> the contents of the current directory in my mswin32 version of ruby.
> Only if I pass "C:/" will it list the right directory.
> The same version of ruby,on cygwin, works as it should, listing the
> contents of C: when "C:" or "C:/" is passed to it.

It does:

C:\home>dir c:
 Volume in drive C is Portable

 Directory of C:\home

C:\home>dir c:\
 Volume in drive C is Portable

 Directory of c:\

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.01.10
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