From: craig duncan <craig-duncan@...>
Date: 2005-02-15T12:40:20+09:00
Subject: Re: IO.popen

Eko Budi Setiyo wrote:
> Can any body tell me how to convert "Windows command" IO.popen("start  
> example.pdf") in to Linux or Unix so that the Linux box will open the 
> "example.pdf" file application.
> 
> regards
> Eko

IO.popen("xpdf example.pdf")

Doesn't "start" on Windows function as sort of a dispatcher?  It knows what 
application goes with the file type?  Linux/Unix doesn't have any such thing
built in AFAIK.  You need to run the program that displays the pdf file yourself.