From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2004-01-09T07:07:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Store shell session/cmd.exe session in some object?

Zach Dennis wrote:
> I'd like to do something like:
> 
> mysession = SystemShell.new		//Would I open a pipe? Would it be a IO.new?
> dir_list = mysession.puts( "ls -al" ) //on Linux
> dir_list = mysession.puts( "dir" ) 	//on Windows
> 
> and then further more do this:
> 
> mysession.puts( "ssh -l myname 127.0.0.1" )
> mysession.puts( "cd /opt/webstar/etc/etc/" )
> list = mysession.puts( "ls -al" )
> 
> And so on. Does this make sense. Basically I am looking to be able to keep a
> session open with the system and receive it's output. This would prove
> beneficial in the case that I ssh into several server and gather data from
> each server in my script. Any ideas?

I've never used it, but does shell.rb in the standard lib do what you want?