From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-05-12T20:30:26+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR for child execution

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 08:00:56PM +0900, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> Using system or backquote, then it goes BOOM. The problem as I see it is
> localized in Rubys code - not mine!  Ruby spawns a child which inherits
> stdout/stderr.  This child should instead inherit rb_stdout/rb_stderr
> instead!!!

But rb_stdout *IS* stdout!!! I am not sure how to make this clearer...

- rb_stdout is a Ruby IO object (ok so far?)
- It contains an open file which *is* the Unix stdout. That is how it is
  created.

Brian.