--z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Check out the ENV global variable. It's not really a hash, but acts like one in every way shape and form. If you'd like, you can actually turn it into a real hash... but now I'm just quoting from a wonderful book that has some info on it: http://www.rubycentral.com/book/rubyworld.html http://www.rubycentral.com/book/language.html -sc > how can I access environment variables? -- Sean Chittenden --z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Sean Chittenden <sean / chittenden.org> iEYEARECAAYFAjtbKRIACgkQn09c7x7d+q3XJgCgtVEDgtI+M0zEDvlLAMMbX+cD n+wAoMHEydiplL2E/baikehThVoXq923 TL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8--