From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2007-09-06T02:49:54+09:00
Subject: Re: running ruby

On 9/5/07, yahdoco <yahdoco@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Don't just type "hello.rb" in the run box. Type "cmd", and you get a command
> > > prompt that *doesn't* go away quickly, as I told you in the first email.
> >
> > Actually, in W98, I believe the command is "command" not "cmd".
> ---------------------------------
> Hi Todd...You are correct. I took the following path:
>
> START>
> RUN>
> Enter "command" and click on OK.
>
> I got a window on my desktop>
> Title=MS-DOS PROMPT
> Content=C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>
>
> At this point I tried words like:
> run hello.rb
> hello
> hello.rb
>
> but the message that came back was:
>
> Bad Command
>
> followed by C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>
>
> What statement should I enter after Desktop>?
>
> Thanks for your help. I seem to be learning new things and making a
> lttle progress. Yahdoco

The run command is "ruby" :)

So, you would type:

ruby hello.rb

Just remember that when you are in the command prompt, you have to be
in the same directory as where your hello.rb file is.  In this case,
you should be, because you are in c:\windows\Desktop which is the
directory (also known as folder) that holds the files that you see on
your real desktop.

Todd