newbie rails

I have the following problem where the view is not able to read a array variable from the model. however my puts staetments thro the controller is able to print the values of the varable. more details below class TorontotraderController < ApplicationController         model :config1 def home

         @hi="cock a doodledo"          con=Config1.new

@filestoShow=con.getDirectories1()

end

Model is def getDirectories1          @torontoTraderBasePath="C:/temp/"         Dir.chdir(@torontoTraderBasePath)

         return Dir["**{Sc*}"]

end

view is hello

<%= @hi %>

<% for fil in @filestoShow %>

<%= fil %>

<% end %>

when i state puts @filestoShow in my controller, i get the direcoty listing in my rails command window. however my home.rhtml is not able to display any values. if i comment out the @filestoShow in my controller, i can get my test value. how do i make it to work so that i can display my @filestoShow properly from my home.rhtml