From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2006-01-10T18:58:01+09:00
Subject: Re: IO vs. File

Donkey Agony wrote:

> Also, there doesn't appear a similarly simple File.write that does all
> the dirty work for you.  The most concise I've come up with is:
>
>     File.open("test.html", "wb") { |f| f.write(str) }
>
> Am I missing something?

No, and I agree it's a nuisance.  Matz doesn't consider it to be a
common enough activity to warrant a method, last I heard.  I define
File.write myself and use it frequently.

See http://extensions.rubyforge.org or the core/facets project (which
is more current in its maintenance).

Gavin