From: "Stephan Kämper" <Stephan.Kaemper@...>
Date: 2004-04-04T08:49:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Seeking simple way to make foo.rb executable on Windows (e.g. !bin/sh...)

Hi,

Its Me wrote:
> On unix I could put some shell prefix at the front of a file and make a
> FOO.rb file directly executable.
> 
> Is there any equivalent in Windows? I want to be able to put my simple
> scripts onto my desktop or Start menu and run them. Needless to say I really
> don't want to do any kind of executable "packaging".

If you're using the Win-Installer you should be able to call any ruby 
file (with a .rb extension) from the command line, at least if  you're 
running WinXP or Win2K (WinNT may behave similarly but I can't test it)

IIRC ftype is the command to set and view this behaviour.

Happy rubying

Stephan