From: hipster <hipster@...4all.nl>
Date: 2000-10-03T18:18:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5256] Re: problem: undefined method `size' for File

On Tue, 03 Oct 2000  18:10:05 +0900, 葡ic Santonacci wrote:
> logfile = File.open("/home/eric/rubytest/fact.rb", "r")
> 
> print logfile.size("/home/eric/rubytest/fact.rb"), "\n"
> 
> I have all the rights for the dedicated file.
> I tryed new and open method with various mode and size method
> with or without parameters. If I replace the method 'size' with 'atime',
> it works well. I had a look in mailing list and news group archives
> but couldn't find any answers to my question. I'm using manual
> for 1.4, is it still valid?

size is a class method of File, so you cannot apply it to an instance
(variable 'logfile') of File. Use

	File.size("...")

As you will notice in the reference (http://www.rubycentral.com/ref)
'atime' is both a class and an instance method of File, so you had a
bit of bad luck picking your test.

bye
Michel