From: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@...>
Date: 2006-07-16T15:54:20+09:00
Subject: Re: system() on windows

Logan Capaldo wrote:
> On Jul 15, 2006, at 10:12 PM, brad tilley wrote:
> 
>> I want to capture the string that system("hostname") produces on  
>> windows
>> and store it in a variable. system() returns true or false. How can I
>> make it return the result (the hostname as a string) instead?
>>
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>>
> 
> Use backticks:
> 
> hostname = `hostname`.chomp

If you want to catch all output including both STDOUT and STDERR you 
should do following trick

output = `someprogram 2>&1`

So using OS pipes you redirect STDERR to STDOUT and then run application 
and get STDOUT using `` function.

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