From: Fukumoto Atsushi <fukumoto@...>
Date: 2003-03-17T00:01:27+09:00
Subject: Re: mapping $? to text message

>> It would be really nice if this were all wrapped in an object. I raised this
>> a few weeks ago and didn't hear anything, so I guess it's not in 1.8.

In 1.7 or later, Process.wait and related operations produce an object
of Process::Status class.
http://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/man-1.6/?cmd=view;name=Process%3A%3AStatus

On my 1.8.0:
class Process::Status
inherits:	Object, Kernel
inherited by:	(none)
class methods:	(none)
instance methods: &, ==, >>, coredump?, exited?, exitstatus, inspect, pid,
        signaled?, stopped?, stopsig, termsig, to_i, to_int, to_s

Unfortunately, Process::Status#to_s is equivalent to obj.to_i.to_s,
and does not produce descriptive string.


					       FUKUMOTO Atsushi
					       fukumoto@imasy.or.jp