From: Sean O'Halpin <sean.ohalpin@...>
Date: 2006-07-11T19:51:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Is possible to return after exec cmd?

On 7/11/06, Petr Spisek <ollin@email.cz> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> why doesn't work command 5.times{exec "pwd"} like this 5.times{puts
> "Hello"} ?
>
> ollin
>

exec() starts a new process in place of the current one, i.e. the ruby
interpreter. Use system() if you want to launch a child process and
return when it's finished.

Regards,
Sean