Sign Up

Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.

Have an account? Sign In

Have an account? Sign In Now

Sign In

Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.

Sign Up Here

Forgot Password?

Don't have account, Sign Up Here

Forgot Password

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.

Have an account? Sign In Now

You must login to ask a question.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.

Sign InSign Up

The Archive Base

The Archive Base Logo The Archive Base Logo

The Archive Base Navigation

  • Home
  • SEARCH
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
Search
Ask A Question

Mobile menu

Close
Ask a Question
  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Feed
  • User Profile
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Buy Points
  • Users
  • Help
  • Buy Theme
  • SEARCH
Home/ Questions/Q 6578475
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Editorial Team
Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T15:46:32+00:00 2026-05-25T15:46:32+00:00

Programming language: Ruby 1.9 Problem String: C:/Test/blah.txt to C:/Test/ I know it’s an easy

  • 0

Programming language: Ruby 1.9

Problem String: C:/Test/blah.txt
to C:/Test/

I know it’s an easy question, but Google and the Ruby quickref for File have no solution for me.
And I have no experience with Regex.

  • 1 1 Answer
  • 0 Views
  • 0 Followers
  • 0
Share
  • Facebook
  • Report

Leave an answer
Cancel reply

You must login to add an answer.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

1 Answer

  • Voted
  • Oldest
  • Recent
  • Random
  1. Editorial Team
    Editorial Team
    2026-05-25T15:46:33+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2026 at 3:46 pm

    Use the Ruby File.dirname method.

    File.dirname("C:/Test/blah.txt")
    # => "C:/Test" 
    
    • 0
    • Reply
    • Share
      Share
      • Share on Facebook
      • Share on Twitter
      • Share on LinkedIn
      • Share on WhatsApp
      • Report

Sidebar

Related Questions

I wonder that, Ruby programming language is ...(easy/difficult) to learn. I can develop web
I have recently learned the Ruby programming language, and all in all it is
In this example from The Ruby Programming Language (p.270), I'm confused why the instance_eval
I was trying to get Matz and Flanagan's Ruby Programming Language metaprogramming chapter into
Which APIs are necessary to make a file downloader in ruby programming language?
Where X is any programming language (C#, Javascript, Lisp, Perl, Ruby, Scheme, etc) which
as I am learning the Ruby language, I am getting closer to actual programming.
Hello I'm trying to improve my ruby knowledge by reading The Ruby Programming Language
I have recently started learning Ruby, as my first programming language. I feel comfortable
I do not know how many faces this problem. If I do programming in

Explore

  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Users
  • Help
  • SEARCH

Footer

© 2021 The Archive Base. All Rights Reserved
With Love by The Archive Base

Insert/edit link

Enter the destination URL

Or link to existing content

    No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.