From: Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@...>
Date: 2010-11-02T01:53:09+09:00
Subject: Re: What does ruby.exe do?

On 30/10/2010 5:34 PM, Kaye Ng wrote:
> In my folder C:\Ruby192\bin , there is ruby.exe
>
> What is it and what does it do?
>
> The book I'm reading gives an option of running Ruby
> this way:
> create a shortcut to the Ruby executable file (ruby.exe)
> and drop your source code file(s) onto it.
>
> If i have saved a file named example1.rb, how do I 'drop'
> it onto ruby.exe ?
>
> Thanks geniuses.

Just since no one else has actually answered this last bit, you could 
make a shortcut to the Ruby interpreter (ruby.exe) at a place of your 
choosing (e.g. the Desktop) while the main executable stays in the 
c:\ruby192\bin directory.  Then, you can drag any ruby program and drop 
it onto that short cut.  This will invoke the interpreter with your 
program as the program to run.  You'll soon get bored of this method 
since it's not very flexible and doesn't allow you to pass arguments to 
your script, etc.

One more note - I do get the feeling that the book you're reading is for 
Ruby before Ruby 1.9.  Be aware that a few things have changed and you 
may see some inconsistencies between what the book says and what your 
programming shows since you're using Ruby 1.9.

Best Regards,
Mohit.
2/11/2010 | 12:50 AM.