Ben Bleything
12/8/2006 7:24:00 PM
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006, Chris Kilmer wrote:
> I'm thinking that the problem has to do with the process context that
> the aliases are set in, but I don't know how to fix the problem.
Ding. When you call system(), it fires up a subordinate shell which
runs whatever command you pass in. Then, that shell exits and your
aliases are gone.
What's the problem you're trying to solve? I think there's probably a
better (non-Ruby) way to do what you want.
Ben