From: Holden Glova <dsafari@...>
Date: 2002-11-17T16:32:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Read a file...

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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 20:13, Ted wrote:
> Thanks so much for the solution.  It worked, first time.
>
> But... as a procedural guy trying to "get" this here new-fangled OO stuff:
> File.open: why no close (but only when there's a good open)?
> Where's the error processing?
>
> I wound up trying an explicit open with begin, rescue, end; then trying to
> read the file in one fell swoop (is that right?), and closing it; then
> issuing the SQL statement (with its own begin, rescue, end)...
>
> I'm sure there's a shorter, necessary-and-sufficient way.

Hi Ted,

Michaels example does take care of closing the file. Here is an what File.open 
with a block does.

[synack@Evergreen] ocelot $ ri File.open
- ------------------------------------------------------------- File::open
     File.open( fileName, aModeString="r" ) -> file
     File.open( fileName [, aModeNum [aPermNum]] ) -> file
     File.open( fileName, aModeString="r" ) {| file | block } -> nil
     File.open( fileName [, aModeNum [aPermNum]] ) {| file | block } ->
     nil
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     With no associated block, open is a synonym for File::new. If the
     optional code block is given, it will be passed file as an
     argument, and the file will automatically be closed when the block
     terminates. In this instance, File::open returns nil.

I strongly recommend getting the 'ri' tool. I use it all the time 
(http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa-list.rhtml?id=640). Hope this helps you.

- -- 
Signed,
Holden Glova
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