EDIT: Your methods would be like this
get '/create' do
@logfile = File.open("logfile.txt","r")
@contents = @logfile.read
@logfile.close
erb :create
end
post '/create' do
@logfile = File.open("logfile.txt","w")
@logfile.truncate(@logfile.size)
@logfile.write(params[:file])
@logfile.close
redirect '/create'
end
Your create.erb would be like this
<form action="/create" method="post">
<input type="text" name="file" value="<%= @contents %>">
<input type="submit" value="Save">
</form>