--nextPart2224026.cScbbr5OYY Content-Type: text/plain; charset so-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 04 September 2007 02:00:09 pm yahdoco wrote: > > Don't just type "hello.rb" in the run box. Type "cmd", and you get a command > > prompt that *doesn't* go away quickly, as I told you in the first email. > ------------------------------ > I click on start>run and I get a dialog box with the word OPEN: > I enter the word cmd and I get an error Dialog Box with the words: > Cannot find tye file 'cmd' (or one of it's components). Make sure the > path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are > available. > The hello.rb program does not run. > It only runs when I enter "hello.rb", but the response (an active > window with the name ruby) come up and then quickly disappears. > Any other ideas? Thanks. Yahdoco As Todd pointed out, the program to run in W98 is "command", not "cmd" -- you should try that. You should also probably get a newer operating system, sheesh. -- Konrad Meyer <konrad / tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/ --nextPart2224026.cScbbr5OYY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBG3d3ICHB0oCiR2cwRAl6oAJ4+MjXhs8YPmz4A/AUvTDy3jDv3hQCguRzZ /qFCmF+tOqA49qOaKdQQlQw JF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2224026.cScbbr5OYY--