From: Gavin Kistner <gavin.kistner@...>
Date: 2006-10-14T05:39:43+09:00
Subject: Re: file_put_contents analog?

From: Gavin Kistner 
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 2:35 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: file_put_contents analog?
> 
> From: Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE
> > PHP has a function file_put_contents(file, stuff) -- is there any 
> > similar single command in Ruby?
> 
> def file_put_contents( name, *contents )
>   File.open( name, "w+" { |file|
>     contents.each{ |item|
>       file << item
>     }
>   }
> end

Er, missing a paren there. Also, if you want append vs. wipe-and-write,
use 'a':
def file_put_contents( name, *contents )
  File.open( name, "a" ){ |file|
    contents.each{ |item|
      file << item
    }
  }
end