From: "Wolfgang Nádasi-Donner" Date: 2007-10-12T21:42:39+09:00 Subject: Re: Ignore printout Fredrik wrote: > out = $stdout > $stdout = File.new('/dev/null','w') > puts 'This is not to be seen by anybody.' > $stdout.reopen(out) Only as an remark - on Windows you should use $stdout = File.open("nul:", "w") to ignore Output, and $stdout = STDOUT to reset. Wolfgang Nádasi-Donner -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.