From: craig duncan <duncan@...>
Date: 2001-01-02T10:19:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8482] Re: popen on .rb file in 95

Dave Thomas wrote:
> 
> "Chris Morris" <chrismo@homemail.com> writes:
> 
> > First question, does anyone know a way to get this to work in 95? I assume
> > it's Just The Way It Is.
> 
> What happens if you run 'cmd /c xxx.rb'
> 
> Perhaps it is cmd.exe that does the actual associations?
> 
> Dave (who's clueless about Windows, but who's had a winning streak
> suggesting putting 'cmd /c' in front of things)

The associations that Explorer/Netscape know about are different than
what can be done from the command line.  Not sure if cmd does it or not,
but there's a command called (i think) `assoc' which creates the
associations.  I know it exists on NT.  I don't use 95/98 much.

craig