From: claird@... (Cameron Laird) Date: 2001-03-29T02:10:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:13278] Re: Running external command in sequential order In article , Paul Pladijs wrote: . . . >I was only asking something because there was something >weird happening. Today, I tried to reproduce this weird >behaviour but I didn't succeed. Probably I had a brain- >overload (programmed & studied to much) two days ago. > >Maybe I didn't check everything carefully enough, before >I posted the question, and I'm sorry for this. I really >try to take care of such things but I am not perfect (just >like everybody else). . . . No apology, please. My only concern is that we arrive at clarity about what the true situation is. I've run into widespread confusion about system() and related methods, and it's good to have the opportunity to help each other learn. -- Cameron Laird Business: http://www.Phaseit.net Personal: http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html