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Hello,
Probably a stupid question, but I can't seem to get this to work. I can
create the file, but when I open it, it is blank...

create_log = File.new("sync_log_#{@date}.txt", "a")
puts "sync Log for #{Time.now}"
create_log.close

Does anybody know why? It should say "sync Log for (the date and time)"
yet I'm not getting anything...

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
- Jeff
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Hi,

How about create_log.write "sync Log for #{Time.now}" instead? Try it.

Arlen

Thanks, that worked!
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Jeff Miller wrote:
> Hello,
> Probably a stupid question, but I can't seem to get this to work. I can
> create the file, but when I open it, it is blank...
>
> create_log = File.new("sync_log_#{@date}.txt", "a")
> puts "sync Log for #{Time.now}"
> create_log.close
>
> Does anybody know why? It should say "sync Log for (the date and time)"
> yet I'm not getting anything...
>

1) 'create_log' is the type of name you would use for a method. It
implies action, i.e. 'creating' something. You would use something like
'log_file' for your variable name.

2) Calling the method puts without anything in front of it, e.g.
some_file.puts, means that you want to send the output to STDOUT, which
by default is your terminal. If you want to use puts on a file, you do
this:

log_file.puts(...)

3) write() is not equivalent to puts().
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