From: "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>
Date: 2004-05-21T00:13:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Files ugly clone

On Thu, 20 May 2004, Simon Strandgaard wrote:

> I want to clone a filedescriptor, but no matter
> what I try I becomes ugly. The nice solution doesn't
> seems to work.
> 
> f1 = File.open(__FILE__, 'r')
> f1.seek(5)
> p f1.pos  # -> 5
> f2 = f1.clone.reopen(f1)    # this is nasty.. but works
> f2.seek(10)
> p f2.pos  # -> 10
> # check harmless
> p f1.pos  # -> 5 
> 
> how can I make a nice clone?

doesn't this do it?

  ~ > cat a.rb
  f1 = File.open(__FILE__, 'r')
  f1.seek(5)
  p f1.pos  # -> 5

  #f2 = f1.clone.reopen(f1)    # this is nasty.. but works
  f2 = f1.dup

  f2.seek(10)
  p f2.pos  # -> 10
  # check harmless
  p f1.pos  # -> 5 

  ~ > ruby a.rb
  5
  10
  5

-a
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