From: Simon Strandgaard <0bz63fz3m1qt3001@...>
Date: 2003-05-07T08:53:33+09:00
Subject: Re: capture output

On Wed, 07 May 2003 00:02:09 +0000, ahoward wrote:

> res = capture {
>         puts "1"
>         #system("ruby output.rb")  # BOOM - Output is not being captured?
>         load 'output.rb'
          ^^^^
          ^^^^

Sorry. Load does not solve it.
I want to execute arbitrary unix-programs and capture all their output.
This was just the simples way I could get different kinds of output.


>         puts "2"
> }
> puts res.collect{|s| "OK "+s }.join("\n")


I am embedding ruby into another application and therefore I want
to redirect all rubys output elsewhere.. so that ruby is 100% silent. 

Things I know of which can generate output:
  system("echo hello")
  `echo hello`
  puts
  print
  printf
 

How do I overload  "system" and "backquote" ?

How do I ensure ruby stays 100% silent ???

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Simon Strandgaard