From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-05-11T09:29:03+09:00
Subject: Re: How to update a file?

Cheyne Li wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> Does anyone know how to write a string at the end of a file?

contents = IO.read("data.txt")
print contents
puts

File.open("data.txt", "a") do |file|
  file.print("this is the last line\n")
end

new_contents = IO.read("data.txt")
print new_contents


--output:--
hello
world
goodbye

hello
world
goodbye
this is the last line
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