From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-02-16T02:59:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Capturing output from Kernel#system

>>>>> "T" == Tim Kynerd <tim@tram.nu> writes:

T> I need to execute an external command and capture the output from it in a
T> Ruby structure.

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T> I'd like to avoid the obvious kludge of writing the command output to a
T> file and reading the file in Ruby. Isn't there a better way than that? The
T> pickaxe book isn't helping me here at all (maybe I didn't look where I
T> should have...).

 p 415 `(backquote)


Guy Decoux