# Failure in library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failure-in-library-ftools-makedirs-spec-rb/158479 "2009-01-23T20:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failure-in-library-ftools-makedirs-spec-rb/158479/1 "2009-01-23T20:18:04Z")
This test fails the second time I run it. I have to then manually delete the makedirs\_test folder that is created. The test tries to do system(“rmdir makedirs\_test/second\_dir”), but that fails since “/” is used. How come its not failing in Snap? What is a platform-independent way of deleting a folder hierarchy? c:\vsl\Merlin\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\rubyspec\library\ftools\>runrspec -ruby …/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb c:\vsl\Merlin\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\rubyspec\library\ftools\>pushd c:\vsl\Merlin\Main…\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec c:\vsl\Merlin\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\>c:\vsl\Merlin\Main…\External\Languages\Ruby\ruby-1.8.6\bin\ruby.exe mspec\bin\mspec-run -fd --verbose --config default.mspec rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb Parameter format not correct - “second\_dir”. The directory is not empty. F 1. File.makedirs creates the dirs from arg FAILED Expected true to equal false ./rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb:14 ./rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb:2:in `all?’ ./rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb:4 mspec/bin/mspec-run:8 Finished in 0.082000 seconds 1 file, 1 example, 1 expectation, 1 failure, 0 errors Thanks, Shri ---
**Author:** ![Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failure-in-library-ftools-makedirs-spec-rb/158479/2 "2009-01-23T20:47:37Z")
FileUtils.rm\_rf(“target”) is a platform independent way. It is also ok, because FileUtils is used by MSpec itself. It doesn’t fail in SNAP because SNAP does a tfpt treeclean -delete between each run. JD From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Shri B. Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:15 AM To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: [Ironruby-core] Failure in library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb This test fails the second time I run it. I have to then manually delete the makedirs\_test folder that is created. The test tries to do system(“rmdir makedirs\_test/second\_dir”), but that fails since “/” is used. How come its not failing in Snap? What is a platform-independent way of deleting a folder hierarchy? c:\vsl\Merlin\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\rubyspec\library\ftools\>runrspec -ruby …/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb c:\vsl\Merlin\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\rubyspec\library\ftools\>pushd c:\vsl\Merlin\Main..\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec c:\vsl\Merlin\External\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\>c:\vsl\Merlin\Main..\External\Languages\Ruby\ruby-1.8.6\bin\ruby.exe mspec\bin\mspec-run -fd --verbose --config default.mspec rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb Parameter format not correct - “second\_dir”. The directory is not empty. F 1. File.makedirs creates the dirs from arg FAILED Expected true to equal false ./rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb:14 ./rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb:2:in `all?’ ./rubyspec/core/…/library/ftools/makedirs\_spec.rb:4 mspec/bin/mspec-run:8 Finished in 0.082000 seconds 1 file, 1 example, 1 expectation, 1 failure, 0 errors Thanks, Shri