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One of the most brilliant design choices found in UNIX-style operating systems is the notion that “everything is just a file.” In other words, if your programming language can do very basic reading/writing of files and a little string handling, you can drive the configuration and environment of every bit of software you care about.
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© 2007 André Ben Hamou
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(2007). Building Files the Smart Way. In: Practical Ruby for System Administration. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0194-6_5
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