From: Alexey Verkhovsky <alexey.verkhovsky@...>
Date: 2007-03-17T06:09:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Executing shell commands from Ruby... again.

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On 3/16/07, Kevin Skrenes <kevin.skrenes@effectiveui.com> wrote:
>
> I can't figure out a way to call a shell process
> and retain a reference to it so that I can execute successive commands.
> I need to do this on a Windows machine,


While trivial on *nix, this task is not as easy as it should be on Windows.
I am specifically talking about having a reference to the child process and
doing anything with it. It involves "really close to the metal" Win32 API
calls.

For an example, have a look at the implementation of
InstikiController.startin the following file:
  http://dev.instiki.org/browser/instiki/trunk/test/watir/e2e.rb

I probably don't understand the second half of your question, because I read
it as "how do I dynamically construct strings from variables". This is
covered in the first 100 pages of every language tutorial, so nobody should
ever have to ask this question on the list.

Alex

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