--0016e6ddab474b54a6048be1be01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I've been trying to learn about and use the ruby File class. when I look at the documentation: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html I cant see any mention that File < IO (it is a subclass and hence there are a whole load of useful methods) viz: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/IO.html here.. it DOES mention File as a subclass. Am I doing something wrong or shouldnt the documentation be structured to list inherited methods.. or maybe even the parent class would be a start?? many many thanks for clearing this up for me :)) --0016e6ddab474b54a6048be1be01--