From: "Jean-François Boisvieux" <jfb@...>
Date: 2006-03-27T01:58:11+09:00
Subject: Re: File.new raise an exception ?

Thanks Patrick for this precise and clear answer

Jean-Francois

Le 26 mars 06 � 18:38, Patrick Hof a �crit :

> Jean-Fran�ois Boisvieux <jfb@mxs.fr> schrieb:
>
>
>> irb(main):001:0> foo = File.open("test")
>> Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - test
>>         from (irb):1:in `initialize'
>>         from (irb):1:in `open'
>>         from (irb):1
>>
>> I just do not understand the problem ( I can create a file with
>> python in the same directory ), what's wrong for me ?
>>
>
> Ruby is opening the file for reading per default. As there seems to be
> no file with the name test, you get the error. To open it for writing,
> you have to say
>
> File.open("test", "w")
>
> Patrick
>
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