We had faced same type of problem while working on www.scrumpad.com , next generation scrum project management tool. In that case we have installed a gem rexml fix. that had saved us from this problem you can check that one.
basically rexml is used for parsing On Jul 22, 3:39 pm, Javier Quevedo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys. > I am trying to copy files from one folder to another. > The code is quite simple: > > frompath = File.join(fromdirectory,filename) > topath = File.join(todirectory,filename) > FileUtils.cp(frompath, topath) > > The code actually works and indeed copies the images. > The problem is that right after copying them, the REXML throws the > following exception: > > REXML::ParseException > log: > #<RuntimeError: Illegal character '&' in raw string > " JFIF ;CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), quality = > 85 > C > ! "$" $ C > > \ " > } !1A Qa "q 2 #B R $3br > %&'() > *456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz.. > > So., what does REXML have to do with the code? > The actual filename comes from a parsed element. The code previous to > the copy does something like t his. > > doc = REXML::Document.new(screencontent) > doc.root.each_recursive {|c| > if c.name == 'File' > images << c.attributes['source'] > > After that, I loop through the images array to get and copy all of the > image files. > I must insist that before throwing the exception, the files are > actually copied. > > Thanks so much for your help in advance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
