From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2004-03-12T02:35:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling a Windows .bat file from Ruby program

Jussi Jumppanen wrote:
> 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.

I'm not near a windows box to test right now, but wouldn't

   system "start file.bat"

work in all cases?