From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-01-23T02:52:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows ruby(cygwin version) Command Expansion Problem

In article <001501c1a360$ee7864e0$0700000a@backpack>,
Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@b13media.com> wrote:
>The 'dir' command is implemented by the command-line shell on Windows, and
>is not a separate program.  So, you need to pass pass the arguments '/c dir'
>to the command interpreter.  The name of the command interpreter is
>different on different versions of Windows, but luckily is stored in the
>COMSPEC environment variable.  So, to execute the 'dir' command, you have to
>use:
>
>    `ENV["COMSPEC"] /c dir`
>

Thanks, I didn't know about this environment variable.

Phil