From: "Bernard Delmée" <bdelmee@..._ZAPME_.be>
Date: 2002-07-14T03:00:02+09:00
Subject: Re: .rb files in WIndows

> > When you double-click on a
> > .rb (or .rbw) file in Windows,
> > it associates it with Ruby and
> > runs it properly. Well and
> > good. (I think this trick is
> > accomplished by Andy's installer?)

> It's possible with NT cmd.exe, not Win9x DOS Prompt
> (Or maybe there is?)
>

I think you're right; I don't know about XP, though.
See the 'assoc' and 'ftype' commands; on my Win2k box:

C:\>assoc .rb
..rb=rbFile

C:\>ftype rbfile
rbfile="C:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" "%1" %*