From: Larry Jones Date: 2010-09-13T02:26:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Wait on external program? Marvin, Thanks for the suggestion; however, I don’t understand how this will force Ruby to wait until the external process is complete. Are you suggesting some sort of while.. loop waiting for the variable to change? The external process is not Ruby code but a windows application. Thanks, Larry -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.