From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby@...>
Date: 2004-11-18T19:08:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie help: running command-line utils in Ruby

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:43:15 +0900
"greg f." <redghoti@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have this (It's not mine, I found it somewhere):
> 
> (Not sure how to format for viewing here)
> lines = %x{ssh-agent}
> 
> File.open("c:/workspace/sshagent_barf.bat", "w") do |file|
> lines.each do |line|
> chunks = line.chomp.split ';'
> 
> if chunks[0] =~ /^SSH/
> file.puts "SET #{chunks[0]}"
> end
> end
> end
> 
> 
> What I would like to do is not save the the lines in a .bat but in a
> variable or to the screen, and run ssh-add, and be prompted for my
> password. 
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
> 
> ~greg
> 
> 

You can execute Programs in differnt ways. 
See 
- `` Backticks
- popen
- system.

I do not know ssh-add, so I'm not shure what you want to accomplish.

Regards,

Brian


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