From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2007-09-22T15:55:03+09:00
Subject: Re: I am new to Ruby and I could use some expert advice as to how I can make this code run faster.

On Sep 20, 5:02 pm, Ruby Maniac <raych...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>         File.exist?(_fname) if File.delete(_fname)

This is equivalent to

if File.delete(_fname)
  File.exist?(_fname)
end

That's not what you want.  Furthermore, there's no need
to delete the file.  If you open it in mode "wb", the
existing contents will be obliterated.