I'd guess that it returns "exactly whatever echo returns" which
happens to return "\n" in Linux.
I'd have to test it on windows.
Thanks!
-=R

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Jim Deville <jdeville / microsoft.com> wrote:
> `echo disc world` returns "disc world\n"
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>
> I'm wondering why this isn't platform independent. Why doesn't Ruby on
> Windows return "disc world\n\r?" Is the behavior of returning only \n
> officially the spec? Or is it implementation specific?
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>
> ~~~~
>
> JD
>
> http://blog.jredville.com
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Thanks!
-=R