From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2010-08-31T08:20:44+09:00
Subject: Re: fork() function is unimplemented on this machine

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Joel,

Monday, August 30, 2010, 12:00:00 PM, you wrote:

JV> On 08/30/2010 09:47 AM, Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
>> How can I execute (spawn) an external program in 1.8.6 and know when the program is finished?

JV> t = Thread.new do
JV>    system "sleep 1"
JV> end

JV> p t.alive?

JV> sleep 1.5

JV> p t.alive?
JV> p t.value

JV> t.join

May all the gods of all the religions bless your home and your family.

Thanks!
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