>> Is there a way to find out the OS version from ruby? >The above applies to *nix only. I don't how to do it in Windows. Well, the only thing I need it for is to detect windows :) Gergo +-[Kontra, Gergely @ Budapest University of Technology and Economics]-+ | Email: kgergely / mcl.hu, kgergely / turul.eet.bme.hu | | URL: turul.eet.bme.hu/~kgergely Mobile: (+36 20) 356 9656 | +-------"Olyan langesz vagyok, hogy poroltoval kellene jarnom!"-------+ . Magyar php mirror es magyar php dokumentacio: http://hu.php.net