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File.open('myfile') do |f|
    puts f.basename;
end

myfile exists on the filesystem but this code blows up with

undefined method `basename'

could someone explain why (given the docs
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html
advertise the basename method)

[ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux]]


Thanks!

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