# `foo_file` is a `File` instance foo_file = File.new("foo.txt") foo_file_2 = foo_file foo_file # File read access foo_lines = foo_file_2.readlines # `fp` is a file path fp = foo_file.path fp = foo_file.to_path # `FileUtils.makedirs` returns an array of file names dirs = FileUtils.makedirs(["dir1", "dir2"]) # `rand` is an `IO` instance rand = IO.new(IO.sysopen("/dev/random", "r"), "r") rand_2 = rand rand_data = rand.read(32) # `foo_file_kernel` is a `File` instance foo_file_kernel = open("foo.txt") foo_file_kernel = Kernel.open("foo.txt") foo_command_kernel = open("|ls") # `IO.read("foo.txt")` reads from a file foo_text = IO.read("foo.txt") # `IO.read("|date")` does not read from a file date = IO.read("|date") # `rand_open` is an `IO` instance rand_open = IO.open(IO.sysopen("/dev/random", "r"), "r")