System commands

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Let me first apologize I asked this question last week
and lost the answer. How do I run Linux commands in
side a ruby program? I'll print it out this time.

Thanks
Jeff

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using system() or backticks ``

cmd = `uptime`
puts cmd

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On 7/16/07, Jeffrey Bowen <ja_bowen@yahoo.com> wrote:

Let me first apologize I asked this question last week
and lost the answer. How do I run Linux commands in
side a ruby program? I'll print it out this time.

Thanks
Jeff

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Michael answered your question, but to help you find old posts next time around:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml

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On 7/16/07, Jeffrey Bowen <ja_bowen@yahoo.com> wrote:

Let me first apologize I asked this question last week
and lost the answer. How do I run Linux commands in
side a ruby program? I'll print it out this time.

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I have a line like this:

response = `<some command>`

Why might it be that response is only NIL when that command is run
through a rake task initiated by cron? If i just run the rake task
normally it works fine.

Gregory Brown wrote:

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On 7/16/07, Jeffrey Bowen <ja_bowen@yahoo.com> wrote:

Let me first apologize I asked this question last week
and lost the answer. How do I run Linux commands in
side a ruby program? I'll print it out this time.

Michael answered your question, but to help you find old posts next time
around:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml

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