From: Bill Atkins <batkins57@...>
Date: 2004-10-28T22:16:44+09:00
Subject: Re: run linux commands as ruby scripts

Well, exec will execute the command passed to it and _replace_ the
current process with the command you just ran.  So when you make that
call, the Ruby process gets replaced with "ls -l" which then finishes.

Use system "command" instead and the command will be executed and then
control will return to your script.

Bill

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:55:47 +0900, nkb <nkb@pacific.net.sg> wrote:
> Hi.
> I've 2 commands to run on my Linux.
> A "ls -l" command, followed by a tar command. I would like to have the
> commands in separate lines.
> 
> I tried this
> 
> exec "ls -l"
> exec "tar tvf myfilename"
> 
> Only the "ls -l" is executed. I'm not sure what is happening. Is it
> possible to execute a series of commands in Ruby? Thanks for any help.
> 
>