From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-07-06T05:52:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby, Threads and Processes

On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 12:45:59AM +0900, Aredridel wrote:
> %x{} is an alias for system.

Not exactly. system doesn't redirect stdout; %x{} captures stdout using a
pipe and sticks it in a string.

Regards,

Brian.