# Win32-file 0.5.0

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 24, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-file-0-5-0/58660 "2006-04-24T16:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-file-0-5-0/58660/1 "2006-04-24T16:29:16Z")

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Hi all,

The Win32Utils Team is happy to announce the release of win32-file  
0.5.0.

# The good news

It’s now pure Ruby!  
It has a gem!

# The bad news

I’ve ripped out the native IO stuff (nread, nwrite, etc). That will go  
in its own win32-io release sometime in the distant future.

# Prerequisites

windows-pr 0.3.0 or later  
win32-file-stat 1.2.0 or later

The prereq’s should be handled automatically if you’re doing a  
remote gem install.

# Installation

gem install win32-file

-or-

Download the file from the RAA or RubyForge, unzip it and run  
‘install.rb’.

Enjoy!

The Win32Utils Team

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