From: Peter Fitzgibbons <Peter.Fitzgibbons@...>
Date: 2005-04-14T05:46:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie : scripting windows execute?

Thanks.  I didn't even know those.  See.  Newbie. 


Peter J. Fitzgibbons
Applications Manager
Lakewood Homes - "The American Dream Builder"(r)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Berger, Daniel [mailto:Daniel.Berger@qwest.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:42 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Newbie : scripting windows execute?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Fitzgibbons [mailto:Peter.Fitzgibbons@lakewoodhomes.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:34 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Newbie : scripting windows execute?
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I'm looking for the way to execute a program from Ruby on Windows.
> 
> Like: ntbackup, or svnadmin, or python(?!)

Same way you execute it on any platform.  You have several choices:

system
%x{}
`` (backticks)
exec
win32/open3 (3rd party)

Regards,

Dan