From: Lyndon Samson <lyndon.samson@...>
Date: 2005-11-25T07:03:38+09:00
Subject: Re: system() on windows

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On 11/25/05, snacktime <snacktime@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to figure out why a particular system command is returning
> false on windows.
>
> This works fine and returns true:
>
> res =3D system('dir')
>
> This returns false with $? being nil:
>
> res =3D system('rake')
>

Windows return codes where never as standardised as Unix. Plus dir is part
of the command shell, not a standalone exec.

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