On Mar 3, 5:32 am, Harry <ruby.hardw... / gmail.com> wrote: > > I am coming again with my littler problem. I tried exactly this > > command: > > Dir.chdir("C:\Documents and Settings\Jean\Bureau") and the answer was: > > > "No such file or directory." > > I know that this path is correct and that the files exist because I > > have tested it with the command window. > > I am making a little syntax error but how ? > > > mosar > > Try this > > Dir.chdir("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jean\\Bureau") Or Dir.chdir( "C:/Documents and Settings/Jean/Bureau" ) Even though Windows normally uses a backslash for directory path separator, Ruby allows the forward slash in (almost?) all cases.