Create, Read or Append data to a file...

gistfile1.txt

def handle_file(filename,data=nil)
  if File.exist?(filename)
		if not data.nil?
			return Marshal.load(File.read(filename)).push(data)
		else
			return Marshal.load(File.read(filename))
		end
	else
		data ||= []
		File.open(filename,'w') do |fle|
			fle.write(Marshal.dump(data))
		end
end