class CarrierWave::Storage::File

File storage stores file to the Filesystem (surprising, no?). There’s really not much to it, it uses the store_dir defined on the uploader as the storage location. That’s pretty much it.

Public Instance Methods

retrieve!(identifier) click to toggle source

Retrieve the file from its store path

Parameters

identifier (String): the filename of the file

Returns

CarrierWave::SanitizedFile: a sanitized file

# File lib/carrierwave/storage/file.rb, line 40
def retrieve!(identifier)
  path = ::File.expand_path(uploader.store_path(identifier), uploader.root)
  CarrierWave::SanitizedFile.new(path)
end

store!(file) click to toggle source

Move the file to the uploader’s store path.

Parameters

file (CarrierWave::SanitizedFile): the file to store

Returns

CarrierWave::SanitizedFile: a sanitized file

# File lib/carrierwave/storage/file.rb, line 23
def store!(file)
  path = ::File.expand_path(uploader.store_path, uploader.root)
  file.move_to(path, uploader.permissions)
  file
end