Directory path

Ruby
1

Hello, I hope someone can help me because I can’t figure out what’s
wrong.

Here’s a part of my code:

directory = ‘/Volumes/Home
Directory/Media/Film/TV-serier/Supernatural/Säsong 5’
files = Dir.entries("#{directory}")

Works like a charm!

Here’s another part of my code:

File.rename(directory+files[2], directory+episodeList[2])

Doesn’t work!

I get the error: No such file or directory - No such file or directory -
/Volumes/Home Directory/Media/Film/TV-serier/Supernatural/S???song
5supernatural.s05e05.hdtv-lol.avi or /Volumes/Home
Directory/Media/Film/TV-serier/Supernatural/S???song 5S05 E05 - Fallen
Idol.avi (Errno::ENOENT)

What the hell is wrong? I’m using the exact same string, directory. I
know this doesn’t work is because I’ve the letter “ä” in the path. If I
change to an “a” it’s works. But I can’t understand why, because it
works perfectly with an “ä” in the first part of my code.

Very grateful if someone have the solution to my problem!

2

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Adam Folkesson
[email protected] wrote:

Here’s a part of my code:

directory = ‘/Volumes/Home
Directory/Media/Film/TV-serier/Supernatural/Säsong 5’
files = Dir.entries(“#{directory}”)

Note that directory is already a string, there’s no need to build
another string to interpolate

Dir.entries(directory)

just works.

/Volumes/Home Directory/Media/Film/TV-serier/Supernatural/S???song
5supernatural.s05e05.hdtv-lol.avi or /Volumes/Home
Directory/Media/Film/TV-serier/Supernatural/S???song 5S05 E05 - Fallen
Idol.avi (Errno::ENOENT)

What the hell is wrong?

Could it be the case that you’re missing a slash between “Säsong 5”
and the filename?

3

Could it be the case that you’re missing a slash between “Säsong 5”
and the filename?

No, already tried that :confused:

4

Adam Folkesson wrote:

Could it be the case that you’re missing a slash between “Säsong 5”
and the filename?

No, already tried that :confused:

Really? 'Cause you are missing a slash.

If not that, perhaps it’s an encoding issue on the ä.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

5

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

Adam Folkesson wrote:

Could it be the case that you’re missing a slash between “Säsong 5”
and the filename?

No, already tried that :confused:

Really? 'Cause you are missing a slash.

If not that, perhaps it’s an encoding issue on the ä.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

Yes I know, sorry. But in my “real” code there’s a slash, looks like
this: directory = ‘/Volumes/Home
Directory/Media/Film/TV-serier/Supernatural/Säsong 5/’

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Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

If not that, perhaps it’s an encoding issue on the ä.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

Yes, but why does it work here?: Dir.entries(“#{directory}”)