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From: Reacher
Date: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Will a "system call" wait until the command finishes?
From: Reacher
Date: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Will a "system call" wait until the command finishes?
On Feb 15, 2:44=A0pm, sayoyo Sayoyo
> Hi,
>
> I wish to know, if I use system() to execute a time consuming task, will
> ruby wait until the task is finished or it will automatically interprete
> the next line?
>
> Thanks you very much
>
> sayoyo
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> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
it appears that Ruby will wait. try this
$ ruby -e 'system("sleep 5");p "hi"'
