From: Ken Alverson <Ken@...>
Date: 2001-01-24T02:40:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9773] Re: Workaround for Windows backquote problem

Huh...whattaya know, me too...I thought for sure it wasn't...maybe it's nt4
that doesn't have it.

Regardless, cmd.exe is the one to use, as you indicated.

Ken

"Carl Friedberg" <friedberg@exs.esb.com> wrote in message
news:0AAE9DEC07039D40A2D1A5CA6ABE6FAD01D6E0@Boole.esb.com...
> I've got a machine which is a clean install of w2k /prof/ sp1, and it has
a
> command.com image, about 50kb, dated December 7, 1999 FWIW. I would not
> recommend using it, but it is there.
>
> Carl@comets.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Alverson [mailto:Ken@Alverson.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:10 PM
> To: ruby-talk@netlab.co.jp
> Subject: [ruby-talk:9746] Re: Workaround for Windows backquote problem
>
> AFAIK, WinNT (at least W2k) doesn't include command.com.  The only reason
> you'll have command.com on an NT box is because you upgraded an Win9x box.
> Command.com is not a win32 executable, cmd.exe is.