# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1465 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1466 --- ## [Anyone subscribed to a \*JRuby\* mailing list?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-subscribed-to-a-jruby-mailing-list/104131)
**Author:** [@ronaldfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ronaldfischer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-subscribed-to-a-jruby-mailing-list/104131 "2007-05-14T17:52:20Z")
I am looking for a specific JRuby mailing list. (1) On the web, I found the list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid , but I have never managed to subscribe to this list; so in case the list admin of this list happen… --- ## [Reading Files: how to I specify the encoding?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-files-how-to-i-specify-the-encoding/104127)
**Author:** [@Claus\_Hausberger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Claus_Hausberger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-files-how-to-i-specify-the-encoding/104127 "2007-05-14T16:50:32Z")
Hello I have a lot of xml and java files witch have German Umlauts and other non ASCII files in them. I want to read the files and convert them to UTF-8 using a Ruby script. I convert the strings with this code: def… --- ## [What is it about File.rename?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-it-about-file-rename/104116)
**Author:** [@bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bodikp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-it-about-file-rename/104116 "2007-05-14T16:38:09Z")
Hello, I’m going a bit nuts with a script of mine that doesn’t seem to behave with file renaming. I’ve got 172 files in a directory, all with the extension “.pstxt.” Dir.glob("\*.pstxt").each do |pstxtfile| $ps2kfile… --- ## [Hash#shift](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash-shift/104118)
**Author:** [@duffbeer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/duffbeer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hash-shift/104118 "2007-05-14T16:03:20Z")
Hi, I was reading this http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ref\_c\_hash.html#Hash.shift and I wondered how this could be useful. I must be missing something. I tried this ahash = {“a” =\> “apple”,“b”=\> “boat”,“c” =\>“car”, … --- ## [Slow file access with mapped drives ?!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slow-file-access-with-mapped-drives/104106)
**Author:** [@RebhanS\_Gilbert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RebhanS_Gilbert)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slow-file-access-with-mapped-drives/104106 "2007-05-14T15:55:19Z")
Hi, running ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-14) \[i386-mswin32\] on Windows2000 i have a script that scans some directories for given filename patterns and does string replacement in those found files. it works fine, but when it… --- ## [Re: way to kill output from terminal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104094)
**Author:** [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104094 "2007-05-14T14:27:07Z")
Lo there all, is there a way that i can kill output from certain commands from entering the terminal ? When i run a script from the terminal, i get a lot of SQL warnings that i just don’t need to see. Dear Shawn, … --- ## [Fwd: QUIZ 123 # Huffman Encoder](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-quiz-123-huffman-encoder/197262)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-quiz-123-huffman-encoder/197262 "2007-05-14T14:04:00Z")
Begin forwarded message: --- ## [AD over SSL using Net/LDAP?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ad-over-ssl-using-net-ldap/103857)
**Author:** [@Amos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Amos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ad-over-ssl-using-net-ldap/103857 "2007-05-14T13:33:57Z")
Has anybody gotten Net/LDAP (0.4) to work with AD over SSL? I can connect without SSL, but not able to connect with SSL even though nmap shows that port 636 is listening. In fact I can connect using openssl, which rev… --- ## [FileUtils changes date of file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fileutils-changes-date-of-file/104108)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fileutils-changes-date-of-file/104108 "2007-05-14T13:07:54Z")
Hi, I use ruby under WinXP and discovered the following issue. When I copy a file with the following code require ‘fileutils’ FileUtils.cp("file1’,‘file2’) the date of the destination file won’t match the date of th… --- ## [Probs with accessing variables in yaml file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/probs-with-accessing-variables-in-yaml-file/104089)
**Author:** [@RebhanS\_Gilbert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RebhanS_Gilbert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/probs-with-accessing-variables-in-yaml-file/104089 "2007-05-14T11:57:41Z")
Hi, i have a script that is configured via yaml file : —script----------- require ‘yaml’ require ‘highline/import’ require ‘win32/registry’ config=YAML.load\_file(“cvs\_login.yaml”) \[ … \] def filesed!(pattern, repl… --- ## [Problem with Mutex: Threads don't wakeup](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-mutex-threads-dont-wakeup/103901)
**Author:** [@laurent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/laurent)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-mutex-threads-dont-wakeup/103901 "2007-05-14T10:36:28Z")
Hi all! I am writting an application that runs about 100-200 threads that share a few specialized buffers. I am using the Mutex class to share the buffers between the different threads. I am experiencing some weird p… --- ## [Re: attn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-attn/104096)
**Author:** [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-attn/104096 "2007-05-14T09:50:18Z")
Dear Ruby Carillo, to get a quick idea of what Ruby programming is like - without any programming prerequisites - you can have a look here: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00 Best regards, Axel --- ## [Requiring with eRuby problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requiring-with-eruby-problem/104087)
**Author:** [@donut2d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/donut2d)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requiring-with-eruby-problem/104087 "2007-05-14T08:16:09Z")
I have eRuby running on my Mac with a local dev server using MAMP (Apache). Whenever I try to ‘require’ a file other than stuff life ‘cgi’ I get a 500 Internal Server Error when trying to load the page in my browser. … --- ## [Argument hash to string to proc to instance variables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argument-hash-to-string-to-proc-to-instance-variables/104082)
**Author:** [@Nasir\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nasir_K)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argument-hash-to-string-to-proc-to-instance-variables/104082 "2007-05-14T07:41:05Z")
It is idiomatic to pass a number of related arguments (usually config related) as the last (braceless argument) to a method ( heavily used in Rails ) e.g . def my\_method(arg1, arg2) end where arg1 is anything and ar… --- ## [Regex \\w allows non english characters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regex-w-allows-non-english-characters/103818)
**Author:** [@ehudros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ehudros)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regex-w-allows-non-english-characters/103818 "2007-05-14T05:50:59Z")
Hi everyone… I’m looking for a way to only allow english characters through a simple regex. It seems that \\w (altough the documentation states is equivalent to \[a- zA-Z0-9\] still allows non english characters (in my… --- ## [Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/197238)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/197238 "2007-05-14T05:25:57Z")
Begin forwarded message: --- ## [May Phoenix Ruby Users Group Meeting 5/14](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/may-phoenix-ruby-users-group-meeting-5-14/104077)
**Author:** [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/may-phoenix-ruby-users-group-meeting-5-14/104077 "2007-05-14T04:32:55Z")
The Phoenix Ruby U. Group will hold its May meeting on Monday, May 14, at 6:30 pm, at MWA Intelligence (same place as last month) See http://rubyaz.org/groups/prug/ for location details The meeting will run until ~… --- ## [NetworkFacade 0.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/networkfacade-0-4/103689)
**Author:** [@pyros](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pyros)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/networkfacade-0-4/103689 "2007-05-14T03:39:51Z")
NetworkFacade is an alternative to DRb, XML/RPC and other REST api, all in one gem ! http://network-facade.rubyforge.org/ The easiest way to describe it, is through examples. A simple tcp client/server : – Server – … --- ## [Attn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attn/104069)
**Author:** [@ruby\_carillo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ruby_carillo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attn/104069 "2007-05-14T03:06:49Z")
hello! im just new here. and can you please tell me what is the significance of this software?Meaning how can this help me? What are the possible things i can learn from here? And also can what is the differrent of t… --- ## [Ruby bindings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-bindings/104073)
**Author:** [@samaaron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samaaron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-bindings/104073 "2007-05-14T02:15:29Z")
Hi there, I was wondering whether it would be possible for someone to spend a moment of their time to either answer my question, or point me in the right direction regarding some interesting (to me) Ruby behaviour w.… --- ## [Way to kill output from terminal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104070)
**Author:** [@nephish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nephish)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/way-to-kill-output-from-terminal/104070 "2007-05-14T01:03:38Z")
Lo there all, is there a way that i can kill output from certain commands from entering the terminal ? When i run a script from the terminal, i get a lot of SQL warnings that i just don’t need to see. Is there a w… --- ## [Can't get basic CGI and Form submission working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-get-basic-cgi-and-form-submission-working/104058)
**Author:** [@tobyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tobyr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-get-basic-cgi-and-form-submission-working/104058 "2007-05-14T00:31:36Z")
I’m not a programmer, but like to use Ruby for writing simple programs, mainly for helping with my day job (as a network engineer). My normal method of coding is to take an example out a book (“The Pragmatic Programm… --- ## [No accept Ipv6 in IPAddr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-accept-ipv6-in-ipaddr/104063)
**Author:** [@shingara](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shingara)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-accept-ipv6-in-ipaddr/104063 "2007-05-14T00:20:35Z")
Hi, I ask me a question since few day and I don’t understand why this code doesn’t run : require ‘ipaddr’ IPAddr.new ‘2002:0000:1234:4561’ In fact this code raise an Exception : /usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/ipaddr.rb:422:in… --- ## [Need help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help/103970)
**Author:** [@aaron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aaron)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help/103970 "2007-05-13T22:52:27Z")
I got this error in Ubuntu when i wanted to use parseexcel . Here is the code : require ‘parseexcel’ workbook = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel.parse(“12.xls”) worksheet = workbook.worksheet(0) … The full error message:"te… --- ## [Re: Distributed Computing in Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-distributed-computing-in-ruby/104029)
**Author:** [@Phy\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phy_P)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-distributed-computing-in-ruby/104029 "2007-05-13T22:03:22Z")
Well, being that I am in the same boat both as a noobie and someone wanting parallel processing, look at RINDA (think linda but for Ruby e.g. black board and tuple space or if you are a Java fan, think java spaces) an… --- ## [Copy binary files to dir and zip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-binary-files-to-dir-and-zip/104064)
**Author:** [@chasconquest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chasconquest)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/copy-binary-files-to-dir-and-zip/104064 "2007-05-13T21:52:54Z")
‘src’ dir contains 2 binary files (mp3s) I want to copy the files from ‘src’ into a new dir and then zip it. The copy into a new dir is fine, but I can’t seem to get the new dir in to the zip. Any clues? Thanks! \<-… --- ## [Problem with fxruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-fxruby/104060)
**Author:** [@Mariusz\_Pietrzyk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mariusz_Pietrzyk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-fxruby/104060 "2007-05-13T21:50:21Z")
Hi When I require fox16 i get lots of warnings like /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i686-linux/fox16.so: warning: already initialized constant ID\_SHOW\_FILES /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i686-linux/fox16.so: warning: alrea… --- ## [Tiny IRB improvement - max-size of return format](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tiny-irb-improvement-max-size-of-return-format/104048)
**Author:** [@stian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tiny-irb-improvement-max-size-of-return-format/104048 "2007-05-13T20:57:09Z")
I’m not sure if it’s appropriate to post here, but I found this very useful, wanted to share it with people, and didn’t know where else. So I use IRB (and script/console) a lot for testing out regexps or small code bl… --- ## [Hoe and gems: How to handle deps?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-and-gems-how-to-handle-deps/103892)
**Author:** [@Vassilis\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vassilis_R)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-and-gems-how-to-handle-deps/103892 "2007-05-13T19:00:56Z")
I got into using Hoe, my projects were starting to get ou t of control and Hoe helps a lot in keeping everything at a sane level. I just need a final bit of help with figuring out how to build the various gems. Q1: W… --- ## [Absolute Beginner - Where to run program?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/absolute-beginner-where-to-run-program/103974)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/absolute-beginner-where-to-run-program/103974 "2007-05-13T17:38:49Z")
hello there, i am an absolute beginner, so my question might seem rather silly. i just installed ruby 186-25 using the windows installer- my computer is windows xp. my first step was to follow the “ruby in twenty mi… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1464) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1466)