File#directory? docs
Ilkka Laukkanen <[email protected]> Sat, 1 May 2010 21:14:53 +0300
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--0016364ee28a4818ea04858c573d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, I just noticed for the first time that if you have a symlink, say "foo", that points at a directory, both File.symlink? 'foo' and File.directory? 'foo' return true. While this is a bit misleading in my opinion, it should definitely be documented in File.directory?. So here's a tiny little patch against trunk that documents this caveat in File#directory?. What do you think? -- Ilkka --0016364ee28a4818ea04858c573d Content-Type: text/x-patch; charset=US-ASCII; name="document_symlink_caveat_in_file_directory.patch" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="document_symlink_caveat_in_file_directory.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 X-Attachment-Id: f_g8or57ec0 SW5kZXg6IGZpbGUuYwo9PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09 PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09Ci0tLSBmaWxlLmMJKHJldmlzaW9uIDI3NTc4KQorKysg ZmlsZS5jCSh3b3JraW5nIGNvcHkpCkBAIC0xMDU4LDcgKzEwNTgsOCBAQAogICogICBGaWxlLmRp cmVjdG9yeT8oZmlsZV9uYW1lKSAgID0+ICB0cnVlIG9yIGZhbHNlCiAgKgogICogUmV0dXJucyA8 Y29kZT50cnVlPC9jb2RlPiBpZiB0aGUgbmFtZWQgZmlsZSBpcyBhIGRpcmVjdG9yeSwKLSAqIDxj b2RlPmZhbHNlPC9jb2RlPiBvdGhlcndpc2UuCisgKiBvciBhIHN5bWxpbmsgdGhhdCBwb2ludHMg YXQgYSBkaXJlY3RvcnksIGFuZCA8Y29kZT5mYWxzZTwvY29kZT4KKyAqIG90aGVyd2lzZS4KICAq CiAgKiAgICBGaWxlLmRpcmVjdG9yeT8oIi4iKQogICovCg== --0016364ee28a4818ea04858c573d--