From: Jason Persampieri <jason@...>
Date: 2002-12-13T07:07:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.7.3 command output capture problem

Right.  The problem is specific to rubyw.exe

rubyw -e "File.open('test.txt','w+') {|f| f.write
`dir`}"

works as expected on 1.6.7, but doesn't work on 1.7.3.

Jason

--- nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Fri, 13 Dec 2002 03:50:24 +0900,
> Jason Persampieri wrote:
> > However, I am now having an issue with capturing
> > output of a system command when running with
> rubyw.exe
> > 
> > Is this a known issue?
> > 
> > output = `dir`
> > outText.appendText(output) #this is an FXRuby
> thing
> > 
> > works fine on 1.6.7, but fails to return anything
> on
> > 1.7.3.
> 
> "ruby -e 'p `dir`'" worked fine.  Could you show the
> minimal
> code reproduces the issue?
> 
> -- 
> Nobu Nakada
>