From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2009-01-21T12:19:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21479] Re: [Bug #907] Various system() and backticks problems on Windows

Hi,

At Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:25:09 +0900,
James M. Lawrence wrote in [ruby-core:21476]:
> > Many of built-in shell commands of Unix also exist as an independent
> > file. e.g., /bin/echo, /bin/test, /bin/[ and so on, but not on
> > Windows.
> 
> So the reason is Unix emulation on mingw32/mswin32?

No, of course.  Such basic commands are built in the shell on
Windows, just I meant.

-- 
Nobu Nakada