From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-03-01T10:44:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Outputting a txt file

Jeff Miller wrote:
> Hello,
>  Probably a stupid question, but I can't seem to get this to work. I can
> create the file, but when I open it, it is blank...
> 
> create_log = File.new("sync_log_#{@date}.txt", "a")
>   puts "sync Log for #{Time.now}"
> create_log.close
> 
> Does anybody know why? It should say "sync Log for (the date and time)"
> yet I'm not getting anything...
> 

1) 'create_log' is the type of name you would use for a method.  It 
implies action, i.e. 'creating' something.  You would use something like 
'log_file' for your variable name.

2)  Calling the method puts without anything in front of it, e.g. 
some_file.puts, means that you want to send the output to STDOUT, which 
by default is your terminal.  If you want to use puts on a file, you do 
this:

log_file.puts(...)

3) write() is not equivalent to puts().
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