From: Tyler Knappe <tyler.knappe@...>
Date: 2009-06-24T03:15:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Capturing System Call Return Values?

Roger Pack wrote:
>> irb(main):008:0> path = "python [..path..]/test.py"  => "python 
>> [..path..]/test.py"
>> irb(main):009:0> test = %x[#{path}]
>> => "Testing! my script \n2nd line\n"
>> irb(main):010:0> test
>> => "Testing! my script \n2nd line\n"
>> irb(main):011:0> $?
>> => #<Process::Status: pid=22782,exited(0)>
>> irb(main):012:0> test = `python [..path..]/test.py`
>> => "Testing! my script \n2nd line\n"
>> irb(main):013:0> test
>> => "Testing! my script \n2nd line\n"
>> irb(main):014:0> $?
>> => #<Process::Status: pid=22826,exited(0)>
>> irb(main):015:0>
>> 
>> test =/= True in either case, which is what I was looking for, nor is 
>> $?.
> 
> So did that answer your question? If not maybe you can help me 
> understand more what was trying to happen here.
> Cheers.
> -=r

No, I had expected to see test == True, as my python script returns 
True.  All I see is ruby capturing all stdout and storing it in test.

I can see where the confusion is coming in, lets say my python script 
instead of returning true, returns an array of values.  I want test to 
equal that array of values.
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