Hi, Am Freitag, 14. Aug 2009, 08:46:49 +0900 schrieb Derek Smith: > 7stud -- wrote: > > Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >> Am Donnerstag, 13. Aug 2009, 10:48:10 +0900 schrieb Derek Smith: > >>> > >>> FileUtils.mv("#{file}.copied",ZIPDIR"#{file}.tst") > >> > >> Try it with something like (untested) > >> > >> "#{ZIPDIR}/#{file}.tst" > >> File.join ZIPDIR, "#{file}.tst" > >> > >> Syntax errors are the easiest to solve. > > > > ZIPDIR"#{file}.tst" > > > > you determined that you needed to use string interpolation for the > > variable file, but because ZIPDIR is capitalized, you didn't think > > string interpolation was necessary for that variable, and instead you > > just wrote the variable next to the string? > > This was what did it! > Thank you Sir! > > FileUtils.mv("#{file}.copied","#{ZIPDIR}#{file}.ts I think another slash won't hurt in case you occur to forget it. FileUtils.mv("#{file}.copied","#{ZIPDIR}/#{file}.tst" ^^^ Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de