>>>>> "H" == HarryO <harryo / zipworld.com.au> writes: H> $defout.print "Hello, world!" H> $defout.flush H> produces nothing Probably I've not understood, but can you give an example for this ? pigeon% ruby -e '$defout.print "Hello world !"; > $defout.flush; > $stderr.print "after flush"' Hello world !after flushpigeon% Guy Decoux