> 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.