From: Jason Mayer <slamboy@...>
Date: 2006-11-19T01:50:26+09:00
Subject: newbie: how to script windows commands with ruby?

Hi!

I've been learning ruby for a little while, but I'm having trouble
figuring out how to do this (and I must be using the wrong keywords in
my google search).  I do tech support, and I'm looking to automate
some basic troubleshooting over a web interface for my coworkers and
new hires.

What I'd like to do is script the windows ping command and scrape the
results.  Anyone know where I can find good references on this?

So I guess my question could be clarified as How do I script windows
command line commands via ruby (I understand that in linux I could
just use `ping xxx`)?

The second question would be 'How do I scrape the output of a windows
cmd.exe command and use it in the rest of my script?'

Thanks in advance!