Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Brian Candler Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: capture the output of a grandchild Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 07:24:22 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 21 Message-ID: <44470c52de78e833a9231d2ded681309@ruby-forum.com> References: <635dc8629fc0d9ff056c619e86ff19fe@ruby-forum.com> <38e2d3bd97b97ad905612018165caebd@ruby-forum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302179083 38108 65.111.164.187 (7 Apr 2011 12:24:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 12:24:43 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <38e2d3bd97b97ad905612018165caebd@ruby-forum.com> X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381111 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <44470c52de78e833a9231d2ded681309@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:2451 Chandan Bansal wrote in post #991446: > thanks dude it worked finally > > i called it from my ruby script like > > system ("ruby -e \'system(\"/path/to/prog\")\' >output.file 2>&1") In that case, all you should need is: system("/path/to/prog >output.file 2>&1") And if you don't want a temporary file, then you can use IO.popen instead. Regards, Brian. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.