Issue #1304 has been updated by Dave B. puts RUBY_DESCRIPTION #=> ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) [i386-mswin32_90] system('"C:\\Documents and Settings\\batchfile.bat" myparam') (No problem) daz ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1304 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org