From: Wesley Rishel <wes.rishel@...>
Date: 2007-07-06T16:06:11+09:00
Subject: Ruby Equivalent to Python os.startfile ?

In Windows cmd.exe, if I enter the name of a file with a Windows
extension, Windows will start the file as if I double clicked on it in
Windows explorer. E.g.

D:/Documents and Settings/WRishel/My Documents/DailyNotes>070701.doc
[Word starts and opens the file 070701.doc]

In Python I can achieve the same result by using

os.startfile("D:/Documents and Settings/WRishel/My
Documents/DailyNotes/070701.doc")

However I have not been able to find the equivalent method in Ruby.

Exec gives Errno::ENOEXEC: Exec format error

Any suggestions?

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