From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-24T00:40:18+09:00
Subject: Re: catching process output (Kernel#system)

Chris Donhofer wrote:

> hi!
> 
> when executing a program via the system method, how do i catch the
> output of the executed program?

By not using "Kernel::system()".

To get the error status of a completed process:

err = system("command")

To get the output from a process:

output = `command`

> 
> furthermore, is there a tutorial describing how to use the system
> function the best way?

That depends on what you think is the best way. Maybe you could describe the
application you have in mind.

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