From: Jussi Jumppanen <jussij@...>
Date: 2004-03-11T20:24:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling a Windows .bat file from Ruby program

John Reed wrote:

> I want to call a Windows .bat file from inside my Ruby program and I
> can't find any documentation on how to do this.

To run a batch file just run the command processor and passing the
batch file as an argument:

   cmd.exe /C the_batch_file.cmd

The /C option means carry out the command specified and terminate.

If you are running Windows 95, 98 or Me you need to run command.com
and name your file with a bat file extension. If you are running 
Windows NT, 2000, xp you should run cmd.exe and the batch file 
should have a cmd file extension.

Jussi Jumppanen
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