From: Robert  McGovern <robertm@...>
Date: 2004-05-18T00:21:00+09:00
Subject: Re: How  to a copy a file ?

> >  require 'fileutils'
> >  # have a look at 
> >  FileUtils.cp
> 
> Ok, thanks :)
> So I was missing something ; the FileUtils class isn't described in
the
> Pragmatic Programmer's Guide :(

No, but it does describe a class called File in the Standard Library
section

docs:

copy  ref.copy( fromName, toName, verbose=false ) -> true or false  
 
Equivalent to calling File.syscopy , but logs the attempt to $stderr if
verbose is not false 

an example:

irb(main):001:0> require 'ftools'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> File.copy('test.c', 'test.h', true)
test.c -> test.h
=> true
irb(main):003:0> quit