From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-02-08T01:34:14+09:00
Subject: Re: File#size

On 07.02.2009 16:34, Roger Pack wrote:
> Dylan Evans wrote:
>> How about file.stat.size ?
> 
> ooh that's really close.
> I might want one that takes into account unflushed buffers, though. 
> Apparently .stat.size doesn't quite.
> 
>>> a.write 'abc'
> => 3
>>> a.stat.size
> => 0
>>> a.flush
> => #<File:README>
>>> a.stat.size
> => 3
> 
> But at least it's pretty close.
> -=r

So you want to know how much you have written?  Then use #tell
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/IO.html#M002304

	robert