Mac Help Needed

MartinRinehart

I'm trying to write a bit of code that let's the developer access WebDialog's HTML files in locations of your own choice. I need to know what happens as you back up toward and at your root directory.

If someone could try this:

In the Ruby Console ask Dir::pwd (*nix for Print Working Directory). That should report something like /foo/bar/moo/baz. Then back up a directory with Dir::chdir( '..' ) and ask Dir::pwd again. (You can use the up arrow in the RC to save retyping.)

It should report /foo/bar/moo. Done again you should get /foo/bar then /foo, then / and then? Do you get an error or do you just get / again? Or do you get an error before you get this far?

Thanks ever so much!

tfdesign

Hi Martin, completely out of my depth here, but I am interested in code...

all i get after typing

Dir::pwd

is;

/

That's it!

tfdesign

do I get a stroke, because the root directory is disabled by default on a Mac?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528

MartinRinehart

@tfdesign said:

all i get after typing

Dir::pwd

is;

/

That's it!

And if you then Dir::chmod( '..' ) and then Dir::pwd do you still look at the single forward slash (root)?

tfdesign

Martin, yes.

> Dir;;chmod( '..' )
Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `chmod' for Dir;Class>
(eval);16
> Dir;;pwd
/

MartinRinehart

@tfdesign said:

Martin, yes.

> Dir;;chmod( '..' )
> Error; #<NoMethodError; undefined method `chmod' for Dir;Class>
> (eval);16
> > Dir;;pwd
> /
>

Stupid me. That should be Dir::chdir( '..' ). Glad you showed the error message.

tfdesign

Martin,

I tried that, and the ruby console returned;

0

Nought. (or zero)

todd burch

The default working directory for Ruby inside Sketchup is root.

You could start with ENV['HOME'] to get to a more reasonable choice for user files.

MartinRinehart

Thanks, guys.

I've looked harder and seen that there is NO Mac issue. It's a Windows-only problem.

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=26040&p=224362#p224362

I'll post my little movie later today and it just might run on Macs. (Crossing fingers, knocking wood, rubbing rabbit's foot.)

tfdesign

@martinrinehart said:

I've looked harder and seen that there is NO Mac issue. It's a Windows-only problem.

That's heartening to hear! The amount of times I've heard windows developers moan that there is a fault, and it is Apple's fault!