2007/9/18, Tim Pease <tim.pease@gmail.com>:
> On 9/17/07, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here's another mechanism:
> >
> > loop do
> > Process.waitpid( fork do
> > # your program goes here
> > end )
> > end
> >
>
> Windows is the fork nazi ... "No fork for you!"

$ ruby <<XXX
> 3.times do |i|
> Process.waitpid( fork { sleep 1; puts i } )
> end
> XXX
0
1
2

$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 padrklemme1 1.5.24(0.156/4/2) 2007-01-31 10:57 i686 Cygwin

Now someone will be telling me that I'm cheating again. ;-)

> But clever, nonetheless.

Thanks!

Kind regards

robert

2007/9/18, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>:
> 2007/9/18, Tim Pease <tim.pease@gmail.com>:
> > On 9/17/07, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Here's another mechanism:
> > >
> > > loop do
> > > Process.waitpid( fork do
> > > # your program goes here
> > > end )
> > > end
> > >
> >
> > Windows is the fork nazi ... "No fork for you!"

PS: since the OP mentioned X I figured he might not be on X anyway. :-))