Perhaps more clear this way, maybe your file contains line: "/home/bill/Pictures/Family/Visits/2000-07-29" instead of /home/bill/Pictures/Family/Visits/2000-07-29 . So, the quote marks shouldn't be there...
Jussi On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is that the literal output? > Because if there really are quote marks, then the command is equal to: > > Print IsDir("\"/home/bill/Pictures/Family/Visits/2000-07-29\"") > > Which is clearly false. > > However if it is not literal output, then it is impossible to say what is > read from the file to the string... > > > > Jussi > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 4:36 PM, bill-lancaster via Gambas-user < > gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> I must be missing something - any ideas? >> Gambas3.9.2 >> Components, gb.form, gb,gui, gb.image >> >> This is the code:- >> >> Public Sub Button1_Click() >> Dim s As String >> s = File.Load(User.Home &/ "Pictures/PhotoFolder.txt") >> Print s >> Print IsDir(s) >> Print IsDir("/home/bill/Pictures/Family/Visits/2000-07-29") >> End >> >> This is the output:- >> >> "/home/bill/Pictures/Family/Visits/2000-07-29" >> >> False >> True >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://gambas.8142.n7.nabble.c >> om/Strange-behaviour-of-File-Read-tp59467.html >> Sent from the gambas-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Gambas-user mailing list >> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user