From: Harold Hausman <hhausman@...>
Date: 2007-02-15T19:10:27+09:00
Subject: Re: how to call a .exe file in a ruby program

On 2/15/07, yukme <yu-xiaobing@hzfuji.com> wrote:
> There is a executable file named "my_app.exe" and i want to run it in my
> ruby program.
> How should i do?
> thanks
>

Since you mention .exe I assume your on windows.

Have a look at IO.popen
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/IO.html#M002294

hth,
-Harold