From: Craig Files <cfiles@...>
Date: 2002-02-15T04:59:23+09:00
Subject: Re: File.open weirdness

In article <Pine.LNX.4.30.0202141050560.4655-100000@candle.superlink.net>,
"David Alan Black" <dblack@candle.superlink.net> wrote:

> Hello --
> 
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Craig Files wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I need some help figuring out why the following ruby code does not
>> work.
>>
>> ruby:
>> File.open("test.cmd",0666,File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY){ |file|
>>        file.puts("Write something in the file\n") file.puts("Write
>>        something else in the file\n")
>> }
>> File.open("test.cmd",0666,File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY){ |file|
>>        file.puts("Write something in the file\n")
>> }
> 
> Put the permissions after the mode :-)
> 
> 
> David
> 

Thanks, this is contrary to the information in the "Programming Ruby"
book, where the example for File.new shows the permissions before the
mode.

Now the problem is:File.open("test.cmd",File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY,0666){ |file|
.....
}

Still does not get the permissions correct:
> ls -l test.cmd
-rw-rw-r--    1 cfiles   fiddms         32 Feb 14 12:47 test.cmd

not -rw-rw-rw

  Craig