On 3/14/07, sur max <sur.max / gmail.com> wrote: > though the system command is working both ways > > as > > system('date') > Which is not what I'm looking for. > > On 3/14/07, Kent Sibilev <ksruby / gmail.com > wrote: > > Does anyone know how to explain this: > > > > $ irb > > >> exec 'date' > > Wed Mar 14 01:38:11 EDT 2007 > > $ irb > > >> Thread.new {} > > => #<Thread:0x3546e8 dead> > > >> exec 'date' > > Errno::EOPNOTSUPP: Operation not supported - date > > from (irb):2:in `exec' > > from (irb):2 > > from :0 > > >> > > > > I couldn't reproduce it on Linux though. > > > > -- > > Kent > > --- > > http://www.datanoise.com > > > > > > > > -- > sur > "is a String object" is a String object > http://expressica.com -- Kent --- http://www.datanoise.com