Nada.. This isn't working either:

c:\temp>test.rb -s "Very Big"

c:\temp>

(But it kind of rules out the problem being the -- though right?)
ara.t.howard / noaa.gov wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, bcorrigan78 / gmail.com wrote:
>
> > That seems right!  But alas :(
> >
> > C:\temp>ruby -- test.rb -s "Very Big"
>
> try
>
>    ruby test.rb -- -s "Very Big"
>
> -a
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