From: Daniel Berger <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2005-11-09T04:29:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby with WMI but that is not the problem.

happy-jack wrote:
> Hey I am new to ruby and I do Windows administration.  I have been
> playing with wmi and ruby, having a problem.  This is not a problem
> with th wmi part but when I use get. I am asking for a computer name
> and then putting that information into the script.  This does not work
> 
> [Start Code]
> require 'win32ole'
> 
> puts "what is the computer name that you want to use??? "
> cpuName = gets

Try STDIN.gets

> cpuName.chomp

Try cpuName.chomp!

> mgmt = WIN32OLE.connect("winmgmts:\\\\#{cpuName}")
> mgmt.InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem") .each{ |item| puts item.name +
> "\n" + item.Manufacturer + " - " + item.Model}
> mgmt.InstancesOf("Win32_SystemEnclosure").each{ |dev| puts
> dev.SerialNumber}
> 
> [/End Code]

Regards,

Dan