From: David Schulberg <davids@...>
Date: 2009-11-23T09:55:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Killing  a thread

Doesn't work on Windows.

irb(main):004:0> $pid = spawn('tftpd32.exe')
NoMethodError: undefined method `spawn' for main:Object
        from (irb):4

Thought I needed popen4 but that gem didn't make any difference.

Marvin G端lker wrote:
> David Schulberg wrote:
>> system('app.exe')
> 
> This starts a subprocess which cannot be killed by killing the thread. 
> Use Kernel#spawn (that should work on Windows, too, I think) instead and 
> kill the subprocess:
> -------------------------------
> pid = spawn("app.exe")
> sleep 10
> Process.kill("KILL", pid)
> -------------------------------
> Note that you don't need the thread anymore.
> 
> Marvin
> 
> PS: You may have a look here: 
> http://wiki.ruby-portal.de/Tricks#Externe_Programme_starten
> ;-)

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