From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2007-11-22T09:27:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Forcing file operations under a directory

On Nov 22, 2007, at 1:09 AM, ara.t.howard wrote:

> Dir.chdir '/var/tmp/safe_place' do
>
>  ....
>
> end

That changes the cwd, the OP wants the block to believe that /var/tmp/ 
safe_place is /. Dir.entries("/") should list /var/tmp/safe_place,  
system("ls /") I guess should do the same.

I it needs a system-level solution.

-- fxn