Ruby File Handling Examples / Reference
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Check if file exists
if(File.exist?("absolute-path-to-file"))
#do stuff
end
Open file
file = File.open("absolute-path-to-file", "r")
Open file relative path
path_to_file = File.expand_path("relative-path-to-file", File.dirname(__FILE__))
file = open(path_to_file, "r")
Read file contents to string
contents = File.open("absolute-path-to-file","r").read