From: ts Date: 2002-02-25T21:14:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Newbie question >>>>> "A" == Alan Chen writes: A> p bypasses the Ruby I/O libraries. What do you want to say with this ? pigeon% cat b.rb #!/usr/bin/ruby def $defout.write(a) super("WRITE : " + a) end p "here" pigeon% pigeon% b.rb WRITE : "here"WRITE : pigeon% Guy Decoux