From: geo ssscripting Date: 2009-09-07T21:04:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Executing system commands in threads under Ruby 1.8.6 The commands executed in the script at the SO link was simply pinging the host on an ip range from 1 to 254 like in the following line : `ping #{ip_addr}` This happened from inside each individual thread. How could I replace the backticks so that they won't block ? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.