From: Patrick Hurley <phurley@...>
Date: 2007-03-19T06:58:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Executables and Standard Input

On 3/18/07, Brandon <brandon.casci+rubyforum@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to start an executable and feed it data through standard input.
>
> I know how to do this with other languages but can't figure out how to
> do it with ruby.
>
> Can someone please point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
>

Try http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ref_c_io.html#IO.popen for
starters, also if you need to control stderr search for popen3, etc.

pth