From: Junkone <junkone1@...>
Date: 2008-09-27T00:39:41+09:00
Subject: Re: start ruby process

On Sep 26, 10:56 am, botp <botp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Junkone <junko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > how to start a ruby process that is not dependent on the process
> > initiaing it.
> > i tried doing system('ruby myCron.rb') but as soon as my process
> > ended, the mycron.rb process disappeared. any ideas
>
> try,
>
> exec("ruby mycron.rb") if fork==nil

what is the difference between  exec("ruby mycron.rb") if fork==nil
and system('ruby myCron.rb')
which is better in terms of reliability and resource consumptions