On 9/6/07, optman <optman / gmail.com> wrote: > Where is the public class method File.read() defined? Which take a > file name as parameter, but what is in return? I have search all the > document and source code, just can't find the definition. > > Could anyone point me to the source file? I really want to know, > thanks in advance. It actually inherits IO.read, IIRC Source: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/IO.src/M002270.html