Hello,
Can somebody help me on how to open a file and show it on a text area, and be able to edit it and save it again.
Thanks,
in ruby there is the class File:
to get the contents of your file try something like: my_file = File.new(path_to_file, 'r') @my_file_content = my_file.read my_file.close
now you can show your content inside the text area (you should know how to build a simple form for it).
after editing it, back in your controller write the updated contents to the file: updated_content = params[:whatever] my_file = File.new(path_to_file, 'w') my_file.write(updated_content) my_file.close
Many thanks MaD, I'll try it out.