From: Sheen Zan <zx@...>
Date: 2002-11-09T21:07:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Can I run other program in Ruby program and get result?

ts,thanks.
It works well under cygwin, but under Windows NT the result is  "result : a.out".
I think under Windows NT to do this must use WinAPI, so the result is different from
that under Linux.Is it right?
>>>>>> "S" == Sheen Zan <zx@is.pku.edu.cn> writes:
>
>S> I write a hello world program using c++, which output "Hello world!",
>S> I compile it into hello.o. Now, I want to write a Ruby program, which can run 
>S> hello.o in it and catch the output "Hello world!". What am I use in Ruby
>S> to do this? 
>
> Well, if you want to call an external program you can use ``
>
>igeon cat a.c
>#include <stdio.h>
>main()
>{
>   printf("Hello world !\n");
>}
>pigeon 
>
>pigeon cc a.c
>pigeon 
>
>pigeon cat b.rb
>#!/usr/bin/ruby
>res = `a.out`
>puts "result : #{res}"
>
>pigeon 
>
>pigeon b.rb
>result : Hello world !
>pigeon 
>
>
>
>Guy Decoux
	 
　　　　　　　　Sheen Zan
　　　　　　　　zx@is.pku.edu.cn
　　　　　　　　　　2002-11-09