comp.lang.ruby

Wilson Bilkovich

11/8/2006 7:22:00 PM

On 11/8/06, Brad Tilley <rtilley@vt.edu> wrote:
> I am attempting to handle windows native command errors within a Ruby script on
> windows xp. Commands in backticks like `net use ...` do not allow for this. I
> tried open3, but it is unsupported on windows because of the lack of fork.
> system() does not do anything either. How do others handle this on windows? I
> only want to use the core Ruby library, not win32 utils.
>
> begin
> `windows command`
> rescue SomeException => e
> do this to handle this exception...
> rescue SomeOtherException =>
> do this for the other exception...
> end
>

Use "system" if you want the exit code of the system command you are
running. Use backticks if you need the output from the command you
invoked.

Does that help?