From: Run Paint Run Run Date: 2010-07-03T08:31:15+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:31011] [Bug #3524] system command should prefer CWD to PATH in windows Issue #3524 has been updated by Run Paint Run Run. It's for security reasons: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Path.html#s12 , http://serverfault.com/questions/98587/ . Presumably, if you want to ignore best practice you can add '.' to your path. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3524 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org