From: Roland Winkler Date: 2009-01-14T22:31:54+09:00 Subject: starting a shell command without wait? Hi, I have a simple problem. I like to start simply executable on windows XP with a shell command as last step in the small script. Using system("some.exe"), `some.exe`, exec("some.exe") or %x["some.exe"] keeps always the shell open. After closing the exe the shell also vanish. How can i simply start a executable from a ruby script without having the shell always open? Thanks, Roland -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.