From: bpettichord@...
Date: 2006-02-02T15:43:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie query regarding ruby best practice

> E.g. Is it better to do something like this...

> require 'fileutils'

> FileUtils.mv(myfile,newpath)
> FileUtils.cp(newpath,anotherpath)
> FileUtils.rm(newpath)

Try this...

require 'fileutils'
include FileUtils
mv(myfile, newpath)
cp(newpath,anotherpath)
rm(newpath)

If you are looking for a more concise way of using a module (which is
what FileUtils is), this is a common idiom for doing it.

Bret