From: brad <byte8bits@...>
Date: 2007-08-22T23:14:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Call an application from Ruby

Daniel Lucraft wrote:
> Luiz Macchi wrote:
>> Hi all, how to call an application from Ruby inside on Linux ?
>>
>> I卒d like to run 'KCalc' for example
>>
>> thank any help
> 
> You can execute a system command by putting it between `backticks`. On 
> Gnome, the calculator command is gcalctool and this works for me:
> 
> dan: /home/dan$ irb
> irb(main):001:0> `gcalctool`
> => ""

You might also do this:

system('gcalctool')