From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-05-29T17:31:23+09:00
Subject: Re: OS independent scripts, system calls on Windows and Linux

Hi,

At Wed, 29 May 2002 16:57:36 +0900,
Tobias Reif wrote:
>  > C:\>date
>  > Aktuelles Datum: Fr, 24.05.2002
>  > Neues Datum (TT.MM.JJ):
> 
> It is available here.
> Did you read my examples?

Your "date" command is built in cmd.exe, not an individual
file.

> See:
> 
> C:\WINDOWS>ruby -e "puts `ver`"
> -e:1: command not found: ver
> C:\WINDOWS>ruby -e "puts system('ver')"
> false
> C:\WINDOWS>ver
> Windows Millennium [Version 4.90.3000]

1.7 works for internal commands of command.com/cmd.exe.

> ruby17-mswin32 -ve "p `ver`"
ruby 1.7.2 (2002-05-20) [i386-mswin32]
"\nWindows 98 [Version 4.10.1998]\n\n"
> ruby17-mswin32 -ve "p system('ver')"
ruby 1.7.2 (2002-05-20) [i386-mswin32]

Windows 98 [Version 4.10.1998]

true

-- 
Nobu Nakada