File.open not reading full file when repeatedly called

Ruby
1

I have a trange situation…

I have a read method which uses the syntax:
data = File.open(myFile)
data.each_line { |line|
# read in the file
}
data.close

The file is 6311 lines long.

If I read in file_A and write it out to file_B I get a duplicate as
expected.
BUT if I, WITHOUT exiting the program read in file_B it will only read
in 6250 lines.

If I exit the program and restart with reading in file_B the entire file
is read.

Is this a memory problem with ruby? Or should I be doing something
different when I read a file?

2

On Apr 25, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Todd S. wrote:

The file is 6311 lines long.
Is this a memory problem with ruby? Or should I be doing something
different when I read a file?

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Could you give more of your code please? (Also if you just want to
read the whole file into one string you can do File.read(“filename”) )

3

Todd S. wrote:

The file is 6311 lines long.
different when I read a file?
You need to flush the file buffer before you start reading.

You can do this either by closing the file_B after you have completed
writing it and then opening for reading, or by explicitly calling flush
on file_B.

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Ray

4

I completely forgot to put the myFile.close call into the write routine.
Because the read was not getting all the data, that’s where I was
looking for the problem.

Thanks both for your help. Following up on your answers lead me to the
solution.

5

2006/4/26, Todd S. [email protected]:

I completely forgot to put the myFile.close call into the write routine.

That’s the reason why it’s recommended to use the block form of
File.open().

Cheers

robert