From: Caesar Salad Date: 2007-11-15T03:31:04+09:00 Subject: Beginner needs help... Hey everyone! I've recently got in touch with the Ruby programming language and thought it was very interesting and useful, way better than a ton of other languages. Anyway, I need some help on a few things: 1) Is there a way to detect if a program was launched? If yes, can I block this launch and restart it when desired? 2) Can I make Ruby read *.dat files and convert them into *.txt? Thanks in advance -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.