From: Joost Diepenmaat <joost@...>
Date: 2008-08-25T05:07:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Running an executable local file with a Ruby script??

Thomas Luedeke <thomas.luedeke@areva.com> writes:

> I'm having a lot of problems just running an executable local file with
> a Ruby script.  I go to the directory with the file (call the executable
> file 'mkplots'), then try to run that file.
>
> I've tried all sorts of system and back-quoted commands, and nothing
> works.  If I go to the UNIX command line and simply type the file name,
> it runs fine.
>
> What am I doing wrong??  Why doesn't the following command work:
>
> system( "mkplots" )

Is the current path in your PATH environment variable? If not, use

system( "./mkplots" )

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