> Thanks.  I had already looked for a pty class, but didn't find one. Can
> you point me at some documentation or the .rb file that defines it?
> 
> Open3 seems to do do basically what  I want.  Thanks for mentioning it.
> 
> I'd still be interested in the pty stuff, though.


I'm assuming by your later post ([ruby-talk:24622]) that you found the PTY 
package, but in case you didn't, it's a binary extension, in the ext/pty 
subdirectory of the ruby source.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find documentation for the extension beyond 
what's there in the ruby source.

Henry.