Peter Marks wrote: > 7stud -- wrote: >> 7stud -- wrote: >>>> There's another way, but I don't remember what it is. >>> >>> >>> Try this: >>> >>> Dir.chdir("/Users/petermarks/Desktop/orbus/public/1/daily") >>> system("zip -r zipped_rails_app ./2007-10-29") >> >> Whoops. Too late. > > You were by no means too late. I was unaware that there was a ruby > command to change the directory like that. Exactly what I needed. Thank > you both :) You could have always used system() again: system("cd /Users/petermarks/Desktop/orbus/public/1/daily") -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.