From: Robert Klemme Date: 2010-03-03T00:10:22+09:00 Subject: Re: IO.popen with Threads 2010/3/2 Eikichi On : > Thank you for your reply very educational, very clear.  I have tested > IO#readline instead of IO#read, but once again I've got a "write" error. > And I don't exactly see how to fix it. > > I just would like to establish a such communication (according to a > given protocol) like: > > Parent message:                Child answer: > --------------                 ------------ > > 'are u ready?'                 'yes_i_am_ready' > 'are u cool?'                  'yes_i_am_cool' > 'Hello'                        'foo' > 'my name is ...'               'bar' > > Help me please :o That's exactly the "expect" like model. See for example: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/66884 Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/