"The only way I managed it was to make those variables global, but then they affect all my tests." I ment as class (singeltone?) variables @@. It pobably works with global to. And when i sed taht the programs i shal test is on a server, i ment that they are on a server but they are runn (interpreted) tru a different program that has a ruby interreter (compiler) in it. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.