From: Shaun Paul <kv.bijesh@...>
Date: 2010-07-19T16:50:46+09:00
Subject: capture STDOUT data to a variable

Hello

I am fetching some data from windows using a simple ruby script using
system command, which is outputting the data onto STDOUT. But I need the
same to get dumped to a local variable.
how can I acheive this? the code snippet I am using is as below

result = system("D:\\softwares\\devcon.exe find *")

This lists out all the devices in device manager onto STDOUT and returns
a 'true' to the variable result. How do I capture the actual data to the
variabel result instead?

Thanks
Shaun
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