it doesn't work for me either - generates the same error as Shashank Date's try... why? :)) i'm using ruby 1.6.8, drb 2.0b1, win32 pat "Masatoshi SEKI" <m_seki / mva.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote > > But how do I stop the server gracefully? > How about this? > > def bye(msg="") > puts msg > Thread.new { > sleep(1) > exit(1) > } > end