From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-11-28T18:02:28+09:00
Subject: Re: system() on windows

gregarican wrote:
> Kaspar Schiess wrote:
>
> > I call ruby scripts by
> >   system('cmd.exe /c rake')
> >
> > Sadly, system seems to be broken many ways on windows.
> >
> >
> > kaspar
>
> How is this broken? the system() method works directly with the Windows
> shell. And the rake command isn't contained within the Windows shell as
> an internal command. That's why system('dir') works and system('rake')
> doesn't.

No;  system('cal') works.