2008/9/30 Fernando Perez <pedrolito / lavache.com>: > Your link seems very interesting and cool to learn from and can very > very helpful to jump from one language to another. I had a quick look at http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_ruby/processmanagementetc.html and I must say this is far from correct or ideal. Issues I have spotted on first check: readme = IO.popen("ls") # does not use block form $stdout = writeme # must be $stdout.reopen(writeme) Process.waitpid(pid, 0) # should come after the read loop otherwise deadlock may occur Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end