From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2009-08-17T11:31:52+09:00
Subject: Re: while !file.eof?

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Derek
Smith<derekbellnersmith@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How can I use a while loop in such as way where I want to process the
> file until EOF?

on your case, you do not need the EOF sig. Pls read on ruby's
iterators and File.

>....
> File.open(mailog, 'r+').each { |line|
>        while !mailog.eof?
>            if line =~ /^#{last_record}/o
>                p line
>            end
>        end
> }


try eg,

File.open( "maillog" ).each do |line|
  p line if line =~ /^#{last_record}/
end

kind regards
-botp