>   file = File.open("test.txt", "w")

Should be:

 file = File.open(oldlocation("test.txt"), "w")

It's described on the site [1].

gegroet,
Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/

 [1] http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/tar2rubyscript/index.html#toc_3.2.0

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