From: Junyoung Kim Date: 2007-12-13T17:04:23+09:00 Subject: Re: read in file if you dont want to modify the existing file, you dont need to open file. just duplicate it or copy it. in my case, i will use fileutils(cp_r methods is only available on 1.8) example) require 'fileutils' include FileUtils cp_r "existing", "new" -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.