From: S Wayne <wrecklass1@...>
Date: 2006-07-16T17:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: system() on windows

I stand corrected. I did try it, but got it twisted up. Yet more
evidence that Windows has moved closer to a Unix syntax for the command
shell. Handy to know if I ever end up doing development on Windows.

> Steve Martin wrote:
> > Except that the OP said he is on Windows, and unless he is using cygwin
> > to get bash/sh style redirection, that won't work. Starndard Error
> > isn't captured by any of the ruby IO/Exec processes that I can find.
>
> Did you really try my recipe on Windows?
>
> File.open('a.rb','w'){|f|
>   f.write <<-END
>     STDOUT.puts 'standard output stream'
>     STDERR.puts 'error output stream'
>   END
> }
>
> out = `ruby a.rb 2>&1`
>
> puts "HERE IT IS OUTPUT:"
> puts out
>
> =====OUTPUT=====
> HERE IT IS OUTPUT:
> standard output stream
> error output stream
>