From: Ben Bleything <ben@...>
Date: 2006-12-09T04:24:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Sourcing bash aliases with Ruby

On Sat, Dec 09, 2006, Chris Kilmer wrote:
> I'm thinking that the problem has to do with the process context that
> the aliases are set in, but I don't know how to fix the problem.

Ding.  When you call system(), it fires up a subordinate shell which
runs whatever command you pass in.  Then, that shell exits and your
aliases are gone.

What's the problem you're trying to solve?  I think there's probably a
better (non-Ruby) way to do what you want.

Ben