Rails 3 - upload files to public directory

Question

I\'m looking for a simple way to upload a file (an xml file) to the public directory of Rails 3. Once it\'s there I want to open it, parse the contents and delete the file a

Answer 1

I received an error indicating "undefined method `cp' for File:Class". Realized that this should actually be updated as follows:

Right code for file_uplad method:

def file_upload
    tmp = params[:file_upload][:my_file].tempfile
    require 'ftools'
    file = File.join("public", params[:file_upload][:my_file].original_filename)
    FileUtils.cp tmp.path, file
end