From: Junkone Date: 2008-01-09T23:15:05+09:00 Subject: exec command stops thread hello i am trying to do the following exec("copy e:\\data\\stocks\\watchlists\\*.* E:\\data\\MergedDb\ \watchlists\\*.*") puts "copied" My prog execution stops after exec is done. not sure why. how can i run a command and continue processing after the command.