From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2008-12-18T14:59:09+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20627] Re: system() issues on Windows

> Subject: [ruby-core:20606] system() issues on Windows
> I put together a spec of my grievances with system() on Windows and
> made a simple patched implementation,
>
>  http://drake.rubyforge.org/tmp/system_spec_kernel.html
>
>  http://drake.rubyforge.org/tmp/system_spec_alt.html
>  http://github.com/quix/alt_system/tree/master/lib/alt_system/alt_system.rb
>
> Are there any test failures which should succeed?
>
> The failures include:
>
>  * system("x/y.bat") fails because it is interpreted as option /y

>    being passed to command x.
>
>  * system("y") fails when y.bat is in the current directory and "."
>    is in PATH.  "y" succeeds in the console shell window.  Similar
>    problems occur when passing relative or absolute paths.
>
>  * system("c:/x/z", "1") fails to spawn c:/x/z.exe.
>
>  * Variables are not expanded:
>      system(%{ruby -e "p '%PATH%'"})  #=> "%PATH%"

They look like bugs to me.  Maybe file something on redmine for them?
-=R