How do i close a file that is open in ruby

Hi all,
         i would like to close a file that is open in particular
directory .this is my code

require 'fileutils'

    dir ="C:/Documents and Settings/x0138466/Local Settings/Temp"
    Dir.chdir(dir)
    Dir["*"].each do |f|
    f.close
        # File.close

      FileUtils.rm_rf(f)
     #FileUtils.rm(f)

  end
    Some of the file in TEMP folder is open or you can say used by some
process but i want to close but with above code am not ablr to do
that??is it possible to achive from above code??

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Hi all,
i would like to close a file that is open in particular
directory .this is my code

require 'fileutils'

dir ="C:/Documents and Settings/x0138466/Local Settings/Temp"
Dir.chdir(dir)
Dir["*"].each do |f|
f.close

f is a String! You cannot close a String.

   \#  File\.close

 FileUtils\.rm\_rf\(f\)
\#FileUtils\.rm\(f\)

end
Some of the file in TEMP folder is open or you can say used by some
process but i want to close but with above code am not ablr to do
that??is it possible to achive from above code??

From your recent postings I conclude that you mean "opened by another
process". No, you cannot close a file from another process without
going through major operating system specific tricks (on Windows there
is ProcessExplorer of former Sysinternals for example). You also
usually need specific privileges, i.e. have root rights on a *nix
system and have administrative permissions on a Windows box.

Kind regards

robert

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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> wrote:

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Robert Klemme wrote:

Hi all,
? ? ? ? i would like to close a file that is open in particular
directory .this is my code

require 'fileutils'

? ?dir ="C:/Documents and Settings/x0138466/Local Settings/Temp"
? ?Dir.chdir(dir)
? ?Dir["*"].each do |f|
? ?f.close

f is a String! You cannot close a String.

? ? ? ?# ?File.close

? ? ?FileUtils.rm_rf(f)
? ? #FileUtils.rm(f)

?end
? ?Some of the file in TEMP folder is open or you can say used by some
process but i want to close but with above code am not ablr to do
that??is it possible to achive from above code??

From your recent postings I conclude that you mean "opened by another
process". No, you cannot close a file from another process without
going through major operating system specific tricks (on Windows there
is ProcessExplorer of former Sysinternals for example). You also
usually need specific privileges, i.e. have root rights on a *nix
system and have administrative permissions on a Windows box.

Kind regards

robert

Thanks for your response robert
i downloaded a tool handle using which i am able to close the file that
is in use but i don't know how do i acheve this form ruby code am
running this command from command prompt to close the file

handle -p 556 -c 750

ruby.exe pid: 556 TIGOC\x0138466
  748: File (RW-) C:\Documents and Settings\x0138466\Local
Settings\Temp
  760: File (RW-)
C:\InstantRails-2.0-\rails_apps\upload\log\development.log
  784: File (RW-)
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-00.2982_x-ww_ac3f9c03
  7B0: File (RW-)
C:\InstantRails-2.0-\rails_apps\upload\log\development.log
750: File (RW-) C:\DOCUME~1\x0138466\LOCALS~1\Temp\mongrel.556.1
where 750 is the handle i closed

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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> > wrote:

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Robert Klemme wrote:

Hi all,
? ? ? ? i would like to close a file that is open in particular
directory .this is my code

require 'fileutils'

? ?dir ="C:/Documents and Settings/x0138466/Local Settings/Temp"
? ?Dir.chdir(dir)
? ?Dir["*"].each do |f|
? ?f.close

f is a String! You cannot close a String.

? ? ? ?# ?File.close

? ? ?FileUtils.rm_rf(f)
? ? #FileUtils.rm(f)

?end
? ?Some of the file in TEMP folder is open or you can say used by some
process but i want to close but with above code am not ablr to do
that??is it possible to achive from above code??

From your recent postings I conclude that you mean "opened by another
process". No, you cannot close a file from another process without
going through major operating system specific tricks (on Windows there
is ProcessExplorer of former Sysinternals for example). You also
usually need specific privileges, i.e. have root rights on a *nix
system and have administrative permissions on a Windows box.

Kind regards

robert

Thanks for your response robert
i downloaded a tool handle using which i am able to close the file that
is in use but i don't know how do i acheve this form ruby code am
running this command from command prompt to close the file

handle -p 556 -c 750

You can easily do the same with system().

ruby.exe pid: 556 TIGOC\x0138466
748: File (RW-) C:\Documents and Settings\x0138466\Local
Settings\Temp
760: File (RW-)
C:\InstantRails-2.0-\rails_apps\upload\log\development.log
784: File (RW-)
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-00.2982_x-ww_ac3f9c03
7B0: File (RW-)
C:\InstantRails-2.0-\rails_apps\upload\log\development.log
750: File (RW-) C:\DOCUME~1\x0138466\LOCALS~1\Temp\mongrel.556.1
where 750 is the handle i closed

However, I'd be extra careful to close file handles behind the back of
the process that uses it. Usually code does not handle this very
well. Also, you probably better resolve the root cause that lead to
the handle being open longer than you intended.

Cheers

robert

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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> >> wrote:

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remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end
http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/

Actully my problem starts from mongrel temp file that is not closed
after use and you cann't delete them without closing this is code where
mongrel developer forget to close the temporary file(i just think so)

module Mongrel

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#
  # When a handler is found for a registered URI then this class is
constructed
  # and passed to your HttpHandler::process method. You should assume
that
  # *one* handler processes all requests. Included in the HttpRequest
is a
  # HttpRequest.params Hash that matches common CGI params, and a
HttpRequest.body
  # which is a string containing the request body (raw for now).
  #
  # The HttpRequest.initialize method will convert any request that is
larger than
  # Const::MAX_BODY into a Tempfile and use that as the body. Otherwise
it uses
  # a StringIO object. To be safe, you should assume it works like a
file.
  #
  # The HttpHandler.request_notify system is implemented by having
HttpRequest call
  # HttpHandler.request_begins, HttpHandler.request_progress,
HttpHandler.process during
  # the IO processing. This adds a small amount of overhead but lets
you implement
  # finer controlled handlers and filters.
  #
  class HttpRequest
    attr_reader :body, :params

    # You don't really call this. It's made for you.
    # Main thing it does is hook up the params, and store any remaining
    # body data into the HttpRequest.body attribute.
    def initialize(params, socket, dispatchers)
      @params = params
      @socket = socket
      @dispatchers = dispatchers
      content_length = @params[Const::CONTENT_LENGTH].to_i
      remain = content_length - @params.http_body.length

      # tell all dispatchers the request has begun
      @dispatchers.each do |dispatcher|
        dispatcher.request_begins(@params)
      end unless @dispatchers.nil? || @dispatchers.empty?

      # Some clients (like FF1.0) report 0 for body and then send a
body. This will probably truncate them but at least the request goes
through usually.
      if remain <= 0
        # we've got everything, pack it up
        @body = StringIO.new
        @body.write @params.http_body
        update_request_progress(0, content_length)
      elsif remain > 0
        # must read more data to complete body
        if remain > Const::MAX_BODY
          # huge body, put it in a tempfile

@body = Tempfile.new(Const::MONGREL_TMP_BASE)
          @body.binmode

        else
          # small body, just use that
          @body = StringIO.new
        end

        @body.write @params.http_body
        read_body(remain, content_length)

      end

      @body.rewind if @body

    end

    # updates all dispatchers about our progress
    def update_request_progress(clen, total)

  return if @dispatchers.nil? || @dispatchers.empty?
      @dispatchers.each do |dispatcher|
        dispatcher.request_progress(@params, clen, total)

      end
    end
    private :update_request_progress

    # Does the heavy lifting of properly reading the larger body
requests in
    # small chunks. It expects @body to be an IO object, @socket to be
valid,
    # and will set @body = nil if the request fails. It also expects
any initial
    # part of the body that has been read to be in the @body already.
    def read_body(remain, total)
      begin
        # write the odd sized chunk first
        @params.http_body = read_socket(remain % Const::CHUNK_SIZE)

        remain -= @body.write(@params.http_body)

        update_request_progress(remain, total)

        # then stream out nothing but perfectly sized chunks
        until remain <= 0 or @socket.closed?
          # ASSUME: we are writing to a disk and these writes always
write the requested amount
          @params.http_body = read_socket(Const::CHUNK_SIZE)
          remain -= @body.write(@params.http_body)

          update_request_progress(remain, total)

        end

      rescue Object => e
      @body.close
  @body.delete
        STDERR.puts "#{Time.now}: Error reading HTTP body: #{e.inspect}"
        STDERR.puts e.backtrace.join("\n")
        # any errors means we should delete the file, including if the
file is dumped
        @socket.close rescue nil

  #@body.delete if @body.class == Tempfile
        #@body = nil # signals that there was a problem
      end
    end

    def read_socket(len)
      if !@socket.closed?
        data = @socket.read(len)

        if !data
          raise "Socket read return nil"
        elsif data.length != len
          raise "Socket read returned insufficient data: #{data.length}"
        else
          data
        end
      else
        raise "Socket already closed when reading."
      end
    end

    # Performs URI escaping so that you can construct proper
    # query strings faster. Use this rather than the cgi.rb
    # version since it's faster. (Stolen from Camping).
    def self.escape(s)

      s.to_s.gsub(/([^ a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)/n) {
        '%'+$1.unpack('H2'*$1.size).join('%').upcase
      }.tr(' ', '+')
    end

def unlink
    # keep this order for thread safeness
    begin
      File.unlink(@body) if File.exist?(@body)
      @@cleanlist.delete(@body)
       @body = nil
      ObjectSpace.undefine_finalizer(self)
    rescue Errno::EACCES
      # may not be able to unlink on Windows; just ignore
    end
  end

    # Unescapes a URI escaped string. (Stolen from Camping).
    def self.unescape(s)
      s.tr('+', ' ').gsub(/((?:%[0-9a-fA-F]{2})+)/n){
        [$1.delete('%')].pack('H*')
      }
    end

    # Parses a query string by breaking it up at the '&'
    # and ';' characters. You can also use this to parse
    # cookies by changing the characters used in the second
    # parameter (which defaults to '&;'.
    def self.query_parse(qs, d = '&;')
      params = {}
      (qs||'').split(/[#{d}] */n).inject(params) { |h,p|
        k, v=unescape(p).split('=',2)
        if cur = params[k]
          if cur.class == Array
            params[k] << v
          else
            params[k] = [cur, v]
          end
        else
          params[k] = v
        end
      }

      return params
    end
  end
end

Did you see anywhere file being closed and could you give some tips to
close this temp file @body.close
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