From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-07-11T19:53:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Is possible to return after exec cmd?

------=_Part_121327_11431573.1152615181687
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

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"} ?


Because exec (as in the shell BTW) replaces your process with the program
passed as argument. That is the ruby interpreter is replaced by pwd.
What you want is probably system
5.times{ system "pwd" }

Cheers
Robert

ollin
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


--=20
Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la b=EAtise humaine ; en ce qui
concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.

- Albert Einstein

------=_Part_121327_11431573.1152615181687--