> I'm not comfortable with truncating the original file either. What I > would like to do is get the latest data, see what's not in the main > file, and append it.
I'm reading this sentence as a set of requirements. Assuming that the arrays are small enough to not blow out the RAM on the machine, I'd do it like this: ########################## main_file = ['a','b','c',' '] latest_data = ['c','x'] not_in_main_file = latest_data - main_file puts "not in main file: " puts not_in_main_file puts "" new_log = main_file + not_in_main_file puts "new log contents after addition: " puts new_log _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
