From: David Weldon Date: 2007-02-24T09:59:58+09:00 Subject: Re: popen and bzip2 > always gives me: > > bzip2: I/O or other error, bailing out. Possible reason follows. > bzip2: Broken pipe > Input file = /home/dave/article.xml.bz2, output file = (stdout) Sorry I think this was my mistake. If I run it in Radrails I get this but on the cmd line I don't have the problem so this may be an IDE artifact. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.