From: Sascha Abel <sascha.abel@...>
Date: 2007-06-19T18:24:57+09:00
Subject: Re: When file gets closed in a block

If you open a file with File#new, you have to close it yourself by 
calling File#close.

---
f = File.new('someFilename', 'w')
f.write(text1)
f.write(text2)
f.close
---

You can write as often as you like to f as long as you don't close it.

File#open closes the file automatically if passed a block:

---
File.open('someFilename', 'w') {|f|
  f.write(text1)
  f.write(text2)
}
---

Without a block File#open ist just an alias for File#new.


Sascha

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