From: Ema Fuma Date: 2008-06-17T18:37:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Timeout lengthy external executable Thanks for the very detailed explanation. This is my first project using Ruby, I didn't expect that doing this quite simple taks was so difficult, if I have to resort to signals and threads maybe it would be better for me to do that in C++ where I'm more experienced. Thanks again -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.