From: Charles Roper <reachme@...>
Date: 2010-11-25T03:21:53+09:00
Subject: Re: system() or process.create?

Del is part of cmd.exe, which is possibly why Process.create is not
working. Have a look here:

http://www.computerhope.com/cmd.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/delhlp.htm

You could try something like Process.create('cmd.exe /c del *.zip')

Alternatively, why not use FileUtils.rm to delete files? Like this:

FileUtils.rm Dir.glob('*.zip')

Docs: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileUtils.html#M004332

Charles

On 24 November 2010 09:52, Fengfeng Li <lifengfeng@huawei.com> wrote:
> Arturo Garcia wrote in post #963497:
>> On Wednesday 24 November 2010 08:03:59 Fengfeng Li wrote:
>>> [... ... ...]
>>> cmd = "del *.zip"
>>> Process.create(
>>>
>>>   :app_name => cmd,
>>>   :startup_info=>  {:sw_flags=>Process::SW_HIDE , :startf_flags =>
>>>
>>> Process::STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW}                    )
>> Is "del" is an actual executable?  It used to be in old DOS but Mr.
>> Windows
>> has a history of change....
>
> I use fileUtils.chdir(dir) to change to a dir in which .zip files exist,
> then I can use system("del *.zip") to del them, but Process.create()
> will report an error. Maybe because fileUtils.chdir(dir) doesn't work
> for Process.create()?
>
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