Todd Benson
7/23/2007 1:45:00 AM
On 7/22/07, Chris Dwan <radixhound@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That doesn't make any sense! File.exists? is a class method, and if I
> try to do File.open, it will fail because the file doesn't exist, so
> I'll have to catch the exception. It basically means File.exists? is
> useless so I should just use exceptions to handle stuff like this.. ?
>
>
You can't read certain files that exist; like directories, for
example. I'm not sure what Windows XP does for a guest user trying to
read hidden or system files.
Todd