From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-10-07T11:58:33+09:00
Subject: Re: How to not display output of a system call.

Jerry Piazza wrote:
> I am now trying to impliment this.
> 
> I created this:
> def spinner spin_trigger
>  while (spin_trigger == true)
>   print "\\\r"
>   sleep 1
>   print "|\r"
>   sleep 1
>   print "/\r"
>   sleep 1
>   print "-\r"
>   sleep 1
>  end
> end
> 
> spin = true
> Thread.new do
>   spinner spin
> end
> files = Dir.glob("c:/**/*.txt")
> spin = false
> 
> But all I get is a "\" stuck at the beginning of the line until the Dir 
> command finishes.
> 
> Maybe I am confused about the usage of Thread?

I think you have some more basic issues to deal with first.  What do you 
think the output of the following code will be:

def test(x)
  while x == 20
    sleep 3
    puts x
  end
end

x = 10
test(20)
x = 30

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