From: listrecv@... Date: 2006-07-20T06:55:05+09:00 Subject: Re: irb and readline Sean O'Halpin wrote: > Not true. For example, try double-clicking on a .rb file in Explorer - > that runs ruby as a console program without going through cmd.exe. I believe that there is still a cmd.exe running in the background, powering it. If I'm wrong, is there a way to make a .bat script invoke irb, but skip cmd.exe?