box-o-sand/oldstuff/lrthw-remnants/ex17.rb
2015-06-22 13:15:42 -05:00

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from_file, to_file = ARGV
script = $0
puts "Copying from #{from_file} to #{to_file}"
# we could do these two on one line too, how?
input = File.open(from_file)
indata = input.read()
puts "The input file is #{indata.length} bytes long"
puts "Does the output file exist? #{File.exists? to_file}"
puts "Ready, hit RETURN to continue, CTRL-C to abort."
STDIN.gets
output = File.open(to_file, 'w')
output.write(indata)
puts "Alright, all done."
output.close()
input.close()