From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-11-09T04:21:52+09:00
Subject: Re: windows commands and error handling

On 11/8/06, Brad Tilley <rtilley@vt.edu> wrote:
> I am attempting to handle windows native command errors within a Ruby script on
> windows xp. Commands in backticks like `net use ...` do not allow for this. I
> tried open3, but it is unsupported on windows because of the lack of fork.
> system() does not do anything either. How do others handle this on windows? I
> only want to use the core Ruby library, not win32 utils.
>
> begin
>   `windows command`
> rescue SomeException => e
>   do this to handle this exception...
> rescue SomeOtherException =>
>   do this for the other exception...
> end
>

Use "system" if you want the exit code of the system command you are
running. Use backticks if you need the output from the command you
invoked.

Does that help?