Bug #2135: File.executable? returns spurious true's in windows

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p129 (2009-05-12 revision 23412) [i386-mingw32]

[rogerdpack (Roger Pack)]

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install hanna gem

C:\ruby\bin>irb
irb(main):001:0> File.executable? 'hanna'
=> true

though this file is not actually executable.
Same thing results thing with all versions of ruby.
Thanks!
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[djberg96 (Daniel Berger)]

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Last I heard the IronRuby folks punted and simply went with checking for an .exe extension.
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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Assignee set to usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)

=begin
for workaround, use File.stat('hanna').executable?
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[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

=begin
fixed at r25092.
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