From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-05-29T20:48:19+09:00
Subject: Re: OS independent scripts, system calls on Windows and Linux

> Dossy wrote:
>> Unlike Unix, where "date" is a real command that can be executed
>> by another program, in DOS the "date" command is a shell builtin,
>> part of COMMAND.COM (or CMD.EXE, or whatever DOS shell you're
>> running).  So, this isn't a bug in Ruby at all, it's a misunderstanding
>> of yours how things are supposed to work.


It's not a bug, it's a potential RCR for a probably useful and feasible 
improvement. I do not want to need to know "how things work" regarding 
CMD.EXE etc.; I want Ruby to handle that for me, if possible.

as I wrote:

Then I might think about an RCR for a feature which saves me from 
writing stuff like
[ http://ruby-talk.com/9739 ]
...
  if ENV.has_key?("OS") && ENV["OS"] =~ /nt/i
                puts "It's either NT or 2K, use 'cmd.exe /c '" if $DEBUG
                #it's either NT or Win2K
                command_shell = "cmd.exe /c "

Tobi


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