From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2002-06-17T05:45:31+09:00
Subject: Re: File.new('foo', 0600 , 'wb')

> >  flag |= File::BINARY if File::Constants.const_defined?("BINARY")
> >
> > with 1.7
> >
> >  flag |= File::BINARY if File::const_defined?("BINARY")
> 
> 
> Thx.
> 
> With 1.7.2, is
>   File.new "foo", "wb", 0600
> OK?


Sorry I get in the way again :). I don't know about 1.7, but in 1.6 (and I
don't think the interface has changed), you have 2 options to open a file:

File.new <name>, <string_mode>

and

File.new <name>, <num_mode>, <permissions>

So you cannot specify permissions if you use "wb", this parameter is
ignored. If you want to specify permissions, you must use numeric mode. Guy
is suggesting that you do:

flag = File::CREAT
flag |= File::BINARY if File::Constants.const_defined?("BINARY")
File.new "foo", flag, 0600