From: "McMahon, Chris" <chris.mcmahon@...>
Date: 2005-01-14T08:20:25+09:00
Subject: system? exec? fork? thread?  Help managing external process

 
Hello...
	I'm new to Ruby and I need some help with managing an external
process.  I'm on Windows, and I want to do something (overly simplified)
like this: 

File.new(file_to_be_handled_by_outside_process.txt)
system ("C:\\filewatcher.exe file_to_be_handled_by_outside_process.txt")
<write stuff to file_to_be_handled_by_outside_process.txt>

	The foreign process started by system() never stops.  I need to
return control to the Ruby script after the system() call so that I can
have the Ruby script generate information for the foreign process to
handle.  
	Any suggestions would be welcome... 
-Chris