From: Ryan Davis Date: 2008-02-01T12:54:39+09:00 Subject: Re: system command is wierd On Jan 31, 2008, at 19:49 , Junkone wrote: > irb(main):008:0> system("dir e:\\program files") > E:\Documents and Settings\rocky>dir "e:\program files" compare what you're doing in both and notice how they're different.