> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounce / example.com 
> [mailto:list-bounce / example.com] On Behalf Of Mirek Rusin
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:03 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Pathname bug on Windows box?
> 
> --- test.rb ---
> require 'pathname'
> puts Pathname.new('.').realpath
> --- test.rb ---
> 
> always produces:
> 
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/pathname.rb:341:in `lstat': Invalid 
> argument - /c: 
> (Errno::EINVAL)
> 	from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/pathname.rb:341:in `realpath'
> 	from test.rb:2
> 
> any ideas? seems like Pathname doesn't support windows at all?

Use pathname2 instead:

C:\eclipse\workspace>pwd
C:\eclipse\workspace

C:\eclipse\workspace>irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'pathname2'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Pathname.new('.').realpath
=> "C:\\eclipse\\workspace"

Regards,

Dan