From: "Jonas Roberto de Goes Filho (sysdebug)" <jonas@...>
Date: 2007-09-12T04:52:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Run UNIX command

Pieter Jongsma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a way to execute an UNIX command from a ruby program.
> For instance, when the user selected a .tar.gz file, using the untar
> command to decompress it.
> How can I do that?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> pieter.
>   

Use ``. An example:

irb(main):042:0> `date`
=> "Ter Set 11 16:50:30 BRT 2007\n"

Regards,

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Jonas Roberto de Goes Filho (sysdebug)
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