# \[Bug #1485\] warning in pathname when verbose mode

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217 "2009-05-18T13:07:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217/1 "2009-05-18T13:07:26Z")

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Bug #1485: warning in pathname when verbose mode  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485)

e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA  
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ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-05-15 trunk 23433) [i686-linux]

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% ruby-trunk -v -r pathname -e ‘’  
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-05-15 trunk 23433) [i686-linux]  
/home/kazu/opt/ruby-trunk/lib/ruby/1.9.1/pathname.rb:273: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix % ruby-1.9.1 -v -r pathname -e '' ruby 1.9.1p129 (2009-05-12 revision 23411) [i686-linux] /home/kazu/opt/ruby-1.9.1/lib/ruby-1.9.1/1.9.1/pathname.rb:270: warning: `_’ interpreted as argument prefix  
% ruby18 -v -r pathname -e ‘’  
ruby 1.8.8dev (2009-05-15 revision 23432) [i686-linux]  
/home/kazu/opt/ruby18/lib/ruby/1.8/pathname.rb:263: warning: `_’  
interpreted as argument prefix  
% ruby-1.8.7 -v -r pathname -e ‘’  
ruby 1.8.7 (2009-04-08 patchlevel 160) [i686-linux]  
% ruby-1.8.6 -v -r pathname -e ‘’  
ruby 1.8.6 (2009-03-31 patchlevel 368) [i686-linux]  
%

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**Author:** ![Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217/2 "2009-10-03T23:04:41Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #1485 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Suraj K.)

This bug still occurs in Ruby 1.9.1p243:

> ruby -v -r pathname -e ‘’  
> ruby 1.9.1p243 (2009-07-16 revision 24175) [i686-linux]  
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/pathname.rb:270: warning: `\*’ interpreted as  
> argument prefix

> ruby -r pathname -e ‘’

## Thanks for your consideration.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485)

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**Author:** ![Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217/3 "2009-05-18T14:48:04Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #1485 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Akira T.)

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## Applied in changeset r23483.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485)

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**Author:** ![Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217/4 "2009-10-19T03:50:30Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #1485 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Adam S.)

## Has this gone into 1.9.1?

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485)

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**Author:** ![Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217/5 "2009-12-05T02:46:43Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #1485 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Yuki S.)

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[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485)

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**Author:** ![Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1485-warning-in-pathname-when-verbose-mode/168217/6 "2010-01-11T22:47:38Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #1485 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by John C.)

e$B%U%!%$%ke(B pathname\_warning.patch e$BDI2Ce(B

Still present in…  
ruby-1.8.7-p249.tar.bz2  
ruby-1.9.1-p378.tar.bz2

## Attached one line patch fixes…

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1485)