From: Alexander Schaal Date: 2013-05-27T21:21:45+09:00 Subject: Re: Wrong child process exit status if core dump / seg fault Update 1: I am using ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20) [i386-mingw32]. Update 2: With result = system('...') I can see if the exit code is zero or not EVEN if the process terminates with seg fault / core dump. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.