ara.t.how... / noaa.gov wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 transfire / gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I know I can do
> >
> >  system "ruby script.rb"
> >
> > But I want to open a console to run it in.
>
> you mean a pty?  check out ext/pty, there's an example in there.

I want a window to come up with a shell propmt (or dos on windows).

T.