From: Marc Heiler Date: 2008-04-01T04:56:13+09:00 Subject: Re: how to restart the system with our code Vamsi Krishna, Any command/combination you use in your shell, you can use from ruby too system "the command" or return_value = `the_command` There are more ways, but system is the easiest one. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.