From: "Jan-Erik R." <badboy@...>
Date: 2009-01-08T01:28:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiple commands in shell

Gu stav schrieb:
> I'm trying to run multiple commands in the shell from ruby but I can't
> seem to grasp how I keep the "state" from the previous shell command.
> 
> For example, how would I perform the following sequence of commands in
> ruby:
> 
> 1. cd /dir
> 2. ls
> 
> Not counting "ls /dir" that is ;)
> 
> I've tried using:
> 
> system "cd /dir"
> system "ls"
> 
> ..but it doesn't work.
> 
> Thanks!
Ruby provides excellent classes for this called Dir and File (and maybe 
FileUtils)
RDoc can be found at:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html
and
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Dir.html