From: Albert Schlef <albertschlef@...>
Date: 2010-04-07T13:55:39+09:00
Subject: Executing a program (a quick question)

Hi!

I want to launch a program and I don't care about its return value or
output. I also don't want it to block my ruby program.

On Linux I do this as follows:

  if !fork
    system("xpdf /path/to/some/file")
    exit!
    # ... or exec() ...
  end

But it doesn't work on MS-Windows... it complains that fork() isn't
implemented.

So how do I launch a program on MS-Windows without it blocking me and
without caring about its output and return status?
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