From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-12-04T02:05:27+09:00
Subject: Re: FileUtils noop?

On Dec 3, 1:50 pm, Roger Pack <rogerpack2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileUtils.html#M004315
>
> states that some methods can accept a :noop flag
>
> Any guesses why this would ever be useful?
>

For a dry-run. Like creating a directory, copying files but actually
not doing anything, just the output of the actions but not the
consequences.

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Luis Lavena