From: Markus Prinz <markus.prinz@...>
Date: 2006-07-11T19:52:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Is possible to return after exec cmd?

Petr Spisek wrote:
> Hi folks,
> why doesn't work command 5.times{exec "pwd"} like this 5.times{puts 
> "Hello"} ?

Because 'exec' overwrites the current Ruby process, so when 'pwd' 
finishes there's nothing left to run. What you are looking for is 
'system("pwd")' or "`pwd`".

Greets, Markus