From: "Brett W. Denner" <Brett.W.Denner@...>
Date: 2001-07-10T04:59:49+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17553] What happens when File.new fails?

What happens when I try to open a non-existant file:

    fh = File.new('missing-file.txt')

It appears that an exception is thrown, but I can't find any documentation
to that effect in the pickaxe book.

Thanks,

Brett

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