Peter Fitzgibbons
4/13/2005 8:46:00 PM
Thanks. I didn't even know those. See. Newbie.
Peter J. Fitzgibbons
Applications Manager
Lakewood Homes - "The American Dream Builder"(r)
Peter.Fitzgibbons@Lakewoodhomes.net
(847) 884-8800
-----Original Message-----
From: Berger, Daniel [mailto:Daniel.Berger@qwest.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:42 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Newbie : scripting windows execute?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Fitzgibbons [mailto:Peter.Fitzgibbons@lakewoodhomes.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:34 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Newbie : scripting windows execute?
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm looking for the way to execute a program from Ruby on Windows.
>
> Like: ntbackup, or svnadmin, or python(?!)
Same way you execute it on any platform. You have several choices:
system
%x{}
`` (backticks)
exec
win32/open3 (3rd party)
Regards,
Dan