System? exec? fork? thread? Help managing external process

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Hi,

I'm new to Ruby and I need some help with managing an external
process. I'm on Windows, and I want to do something (overly simplified)
like this:

File.new(file_to_be_handled_by_outside_process.txt)
system ("C:\\filewatcher.exe file_to_be_handled_by_outside_process.txt")
<write stuff to file_to_be_handled_by_outside_process.txt>

The foreign process started by system() never stops. I need to
return control to the Ruby script after the system() call so that I can
have the Ruby script generate information for the foreign process to
handle.

Might be able to do it with "start", like:

system ("start C:\\filewatcher.exe file_to_be_handled_by_outside_process.txt")

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Bill

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From: "McMahon, Chris" <chris.mcmahon@verint.com>