From: Pavel Pvl <pavel989@...>
Date: 2007-12-23T13:09:49+09:00
Subject: Re: system function respond

Tim Hunter wrote:
> Pavel Pvl wrote:
>> i understand that using system returns a boolean. but how can i get the
>> actual output from the system command?
> 
> Use backticks.
> 
> output = `command`

well the thing is that when using system, the output is a boolean bc it 
returns whether the system command executed successfully
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