From: Skeets <skillet3232@...>
Date: 2006-07-30T15:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: How to Create a New File

thanks, everyone.

Harold's solution works.  i tried this before posting, but got an
error.  i guess i mucked up the code, b/c it works fine now.

thanks again.

Harold Hausman wrote:
> How about something like this:
>
> File.open( 'new_file.txt', 'w' ) {|file| file.write( 'yo' )}
>
> #hth,
> # -Harold
>
> On 7/30/06, Skeets <skillet3232@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > let's say I want to create a new file named new_file.txt.  how do i do
> > this in ruby?  it would seem to be trivial, however, i'm going through
> > the pickaxe book and i can't find anything that relates to this.
> >
> > tia...
> >
> >
> >