From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-11-05T23:31:41+09:00
Subject: Re: IO.pos: does it work !? [newbie question...]

>>>>> "S" == Sebby  <sebastien.rigaud@b-rail.be> writes:

>> f = IO.popen("sqlplus -s system/manager@DAS1", "r+")
[...]
S> always returns me the value '-1' when 'f.pos' is called ?

 Well, IO#pos is the same than IO#tell and it's an error to call ftell() on
 a  pipe, this is why it return -1


Guy Decoux