From: Tony Mcneil <tmcneil@...>
Date: 2008-09-18T05:01:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting Ruby to output a windows command to text (log) file.

Erik Veenstra wrote:
> See http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M006001 :
> 
>   `cmd` => string
> 
> Returns the standard output of running cmd in a subshell. The built-in
> syntax %x{�} uses this method. Sets $? to the process status.
> 
>    `date`                   #=> "Wed Apr  9 08:56:30 CDT 2003\n"
>    `ls testdir`.split[1]    #=> "main.rb"
>    `echo oops && exit 99`   #=> "oops\n"
>    $?.exitstatus            #=> 99
> 
> gegroet,
> Erik V.

hrm,  I've tried looking over the documentation in the link you 
provided, but I'm having difficulty understanding it.  Could you provide 
an example of the code?

thanks again,
~Tony
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