From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-01-10T12:42:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help understanding system() call

In article <3C3CB2A8.5630.1203CA1@localhost>,
 <wheelerwjx9@netexpress.net> wrote:
>Hi,
>
[snip]
>
>Among the missing entries, the important on is the one that allows the
>cygwin1.dll find it's /usr/bin (c:/cygwin/bin Windows) directory.  It
>is important because cygwin1.dll is using the env.exe program in
>C:/cygwin/bin.  Apparently, env.exe is used to locate the system
>command that the system() call is asked to execute.
>

Hmmmm... but if you override system like:

######redefine 'system' if running on Windows:
if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /win/i
   require 'Win32API'
   def system(command)
      Win32API.new("crtdll","system",['P'],'L').Call(command)
   end
end
#############################################

....it should work even without having cygwin installed, right?  I did this 
on a win98 system that didn't have cygwin installed this last weekend and it 
seemed to work.

>The moral?  We, er, uh, non-Linux folks can all look forward to the
>day the native Windows Ruby installation package becomes available.
>Maybe we can all try to help that day along.

So what needs to be done to get there?

Phil