File class doesn't work!

[Daniel Carrera]

Something is severely broken with my installation:

$ ls *.xml
context.xml
$ ruby -e 'puts File.exists?("content.xml")'
false
$


I just moved my ~/lib/ruby diectory some place else and re-installed Ruby
from scratch again. I still get the same problem.

Can anyone fanthom why something as basic as the File class could fail to
work on a fresh installation?

I am completely at a loss here. And naturally I can't use Ruby at all
because some of the basic funtionality I need (File and REXML) don't work.

Best,
Daniel.

 

[Hal Fulton]

Something is severely broken with my installation:

$ ls *.xml
context.xml
$ ruby -e 'puts File.exists?("content.xml")'
false
$

Isn't it "exist?" rather than "exists?"?

Hal

 

[Mike Stok]

Something is severely broken with my installation:

$ ls *.xml
context.xml
conte>>>x<<<t.xml

$ ruby -e 'puts File.exists?("content.xml")'
conte>>>n<<<t.xml

false
$

maybe?

Hope this helps,

Mike

 

[gabriele renzi]

il Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:37:20 +0900, Daniel Carrera

Something is severely broken with my installation:

$ ls *.xml
context.xml
$ ruby -e 'puts File.exists?("content.xml")'
false
$

context != content

 

[Daniel Carrera]

Isn't it "exist?" rather than "exists?"?

They both exist =)
And they both give the same result.

$ ruby -e 'puts File.methods' | grep 'exist'
exist?
exists?
$ ruby -e 'puts File.exists?("content.xml")'
false
$ ruby -e 'puts File.exist?("content.xml")'
false
$ ls context.xml
context.xml


=(

 

[Hal Fulton]

They both exist =)
And they both give the same result.

$ ruby -e 'puts File.methods' | grep 'exist'
exist?
exists?
$ ruby -e 'puts File.exists?("content.xml")'
false
$ ruby -e 'puts File.exist?("content.xml")'
false
$ ls context.xml
context.xml

Ahhh.

'context' != 'content'

Hal

 

[Daniel Carrera]

Ahhh.

'context' != 'content'

Okay, I am oficially dyslexic. This isn't the first time I confuse two
symilar-sounding English words.

Thank you for your patience. Yes, "context.xml" does exist.

Cheers,