From: Fabian Streitel <karottenreibe@...>
Date: 2009-08-28T15:15:12+09:00
Subject: Re: How to delete a file in Win XP

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> WRONG:
> f = File.open('jadzia','w+')
> File.unlink('jadzia') =====> ERROR
>
> RIGHT:
> f = File.open('jadzia','w+')
> f.close
> File.unlink('jadzia') =====> OK!
>

EVEN BETTER:

open('jadzia', 'w+') { |file|
    # write to the file
} # here ruby auto-closes the file

File.unlink('jadzia') =====> OK!

I like the blockform better, since it prevents me from forgetting
to call close, which i do almost all the time... :-)

Greetz!

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