From: Amit Tomar Date: 2010-10-07T16:34:00+09:00 Subject: Re: how do i close a file that is open in ruby Robert Klemme wrote: > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Amit Tomar > wrote: >> Hi all, >> ? ? ? ? i would like to close a file that is open in particular >> directory .this is my code >> >> require 'fileutils' >> >> ? ?dir ="C:/Documents and Settings/x0138466/Local Settings/Temp" >> ? ?Dir.chdir(dir) >> ? ?Dir["*"].each do |f| >> ? ?f.close > > f is a String! You cannot close a String. > >> ? ? ? ?# ?File.close >> >> ? ? ?FileUtils.rm_rf(f) >> ? ? #FileUtils.rm(f) >> >> ?end >> ? ?Some of the file in TEMP folder is open or you can say used by some >> process but i want to close but with above code am not ablr to do >> that??is it possible to achive from above code?? > > From your recent postings I conclude that you mean "opened by another > process". No, you cannot close a file from another process without > going through major operating system specific tricks (on Windows there > is ProcessExplorer of former Sysinternals for example). You also > usually need specific privileges, i.e. have root rights on a *nix > system and have administrative permissions on a Windows box. > > Kind regards > > robert Thanks for your response robert i downloaded a tool handle using which i am able to close the file that is in use but i don't know how do i acheve this form ruby code am running this command from command prompt to close the file handle -p 556 -c 750 ruby.exe pid: 556 TIGOC\x0138466 748: File (RW-) C:\Documents and Settings\x0138466\Local Settings\Temp 760: File (RW-) C:\InstantRails-2.0-\rails_apps\upload\log\development.log 784: File (RW-) C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-00.2982_x-ww_ac3f9c03 7B0: File (RW-) C:\InstantRails-2.0-\rails_apps\upload\log\development.log 750: File (RW-) C:\DOCUME~1\x0138466\LOCALS~1\Temp\mongrel.556.1 where 750 is the handle i closed -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.