From: Marc Heiler Date: 2007-12-19T18:58:50+09:00 Subject: Re: system ( ) call but suppressing =>true Instead of system(x + y + z) you could always use backticks and assign to a var (I think it is Kernel#`) var = `#{x+y+z}` or just use systemu and select what output is used. http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/systemu/ require 'systemu' status, stdout, stderr = systemu 'configure' # if you have a configure script p [ status, stdout, stderr ] # just select what to feedback the user -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.