From: "Daniel P. Zepeda" <daniel@...>
Date: 2003-01-25T04:36:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on?

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 04:29:59 +0900
"Daniel P. Zepeda" <daniel@zepeda-zone.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 03:59:22 +0900
> "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@qwest.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Daniel P. Zepeda [mailto:daniel@zepeda-zone.net] 
> > <snip> 
> > > In the not-a-big-deal category:
> > > 
> > > User::grent
> > > User::pwent -- Password a group utilities. Admittedly, not a 
> > > big deal
> > 
> > I'm not sure what you mean here.  Are you referring to stuff in the
> > 'etc' module?
> 
> Yes, I guess so. I can't find any documentation on it, but I know it is
> there because
> 
> ruby -e 'require "etc"' 
> 
> works.
> 
> I don't see any reference to it in the Built-in Classes and Methods or
> Standard Library in the Pickaxe, or am I not looking hard enough? 

Well, for those who know the 'C' equivelants, I suppose no documentation 
is really needed:

> ruby -e 'require "etc"; puts Etc.methods'|m
group
getpwnam
getgrnam
getpwuid
getgrgid
getlogin
passwd
private_instance_methods
clone
class_variables
public_class_method
const_set
ancestors
protected_instance_methods
class_eval
method_defined?
const_get
name
<
<=>
public_instance_methods

<much more snipped>


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