From: "Brad C." Date: 2006-04-05T01:54:40+09:00 Subject: Re: Using File.open block to manage svnadmin dump stream .. btw Testing without a svn dump results in different file sizes just the same. However in this case the ruby generated file is smaller: echo Test > testcmd.txt (7 byte file) File.open("c:/testrb.txt","w") do |f| f << "Test" end (4 byte file) If it matters much. Just trying to understand why these differences happen :) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.