<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Yep that what it was.<div> </div><div>Thanks. > Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] with-input-from-file > From: sbloch@adelphi.edu > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:47:28 -0500 > CC: wookiz@hotmail.com; plt-scheme@list.cs.brown.edu > To: noelwelsh@gmail.com > > > On Mar 9, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Noel Welsh wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:27 AM, wooks . <wookiz@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Ah hah...... understood what I was supposed to do now. (directory-list) is > >> calling the file numbers.txt.txt ...... > >> thats not what the file is called. It's put an extra .txt suffix on it. > > > > I haven't used Windows on a regular basis for about 8 years, but when > > I did use it there was an option to hide file suffixes. My guess is > > this option still exists and you have this option turned on. Try this > > > > (rename-file-or-directory "numbers.txt.txt" "numbers.txt") > > > > and see what happens. If Explorer (or whatever the Windows file system > > viewer is called these days) shows the file as just numbers then we've > > found the problem. > > I would put money on that. (directory-list) is telling you the file's REAL name, and (with-input-from-file...) is looking for it by its REAL name. Windows Explorer is hiding part of the name from you. When I sit down at a Windows machine, one of the first things I do is uncheck the "Hide suffixes for known filetypes" option so I can see what my files are really named. > > > > Stephen Bloch > sbloch@adelphi.edu > > > </div> <hr />We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/' target='_new'>Tell us now</a></body> </html>