John Joyce
7/22/2007 2:47:00 PM
On Jul 22, 2007, at 5:21 AM, Chris Dwan wrote:
> I have a problem with a script I'm working on. File.exists? is
> telling me that a file does in fact exist, then immediately after
> when I try to do a File.read, it crashes because the file doesn't
> exist. I know that it does not exist, because I'm testing that
> condition. If the file doesn't exist, it should do something else.
>
> <sigh> this is on Windows, so maybe the OS is to blame?
> Here's the code, if it helps..
>
> $debug_log.fatal("does file exist? :: #{ibl}")
> if File.exist?(ibl)
> $debug_log.fatal("YES - it most certainlyt does!")
> iblLocation = ibl
> else
> #find the file and set iblLocation
> end
> File.read(iblLocation) # << bombs here
>
> The file referred to by ibl was recently renamed by this same
> script, so the file name in ibl is no longer valid. The script
> should then go looking for ibl's new name and use that... but it
> won't work <sob><sob>
>
> Hope someone can enlighten me.
> Thanks!
>
>
You need to open the file first.
File.new OR File.open
check them with ri first, you may need to choose binary or text when
setting the file mode because you're using windows