From: Marc Heiler Date: 2008-05-03T21:10:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Accessing Windows actions(Shutdow.Restart) > def myIpConfig > system('ipconfig') // or puts system('ipconfig') > end > myIpConfig // print your ip config > i did this already. But need to get in a single variable. Solution: a = `ipconfig` -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.