new

# File lib/webrick/httpauth/htpasswd.rb, line 38
      def initialize(path, password_hash: nil)
        @path = path
        @mtime = Time.at(0)
        @passwd = Hash.new
        @auth_type = BasicAuth
        @password_hash = password_hash

        case @password_hash
        when nil
          # begin
          #   require "string/crypt"
          # rescue LoadError
          #   warn("Unable to load string/crypt, proceeding with deprecated use of String#crypt, consider using password_hash: :bcrypt")
          # end
          @password_hash = :crypt
        when :crypt
          # require "string/crypt"
        when :bcrypt
          require "bcrypt"
        else
          raise ArgumentError, "only :crypt and :bcrypt are supported for password_hash keyword argument"
        end

        File.open(@path,"a").close unless File.exist?(@path)
        reload
      end